manipulable

1859, from manipulate +‎ -able.[1]

• IPA^(key): /məˈnɪpjʊləbəl/

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manipulable (comparative more manipulable, superlative most manipulable)

1. Suitable for, or able to be subjected to manipulation.
   • 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 457:

     He wondered if this was how men like Jardine and Matheson saw the world – minuscule, manipulable. If people and places moved around the lines they drew. If cities shattered when they stomped.

2. Gullible or susceptible to persuasion.

Much more common than manipulatable, by a ratio of 5–10:1.[2]

• manipulatable

From manipuler +‎ -able.

manipulable (plural manipulables)

1. manipulable, manipulatable

• “manipulable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

manipulable m or f (masculine and feminine plural manipulables)

1. manipulable, manipulatable