perishability.

Susceptibility to spoiling, decaying or becoming unusable within a limited period.

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Words that belong together

• perishability of goods
• high perishability

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The goods’ perishability limited how long they could remain in storage.

High perishability made timing central to the distribution plan.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: requirements and constraints, institutional organization, formal assessment, system properties. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis, institutional studies. Commonness: moderately common.