Investment-worthy

Judged to merit committing money or resources under a stated objective and risk standard.

Reach for it when describing a favorable investment conclusion only with current evidence and investor context

The committee found the retrofit investment-worthy under its twelve-year public-benefit model.

• playful

  bankable

  informal commercial language suggests finance can be secured

  not when Bankable can reduce social or artistic value to expected profit.

• everyday

  attractive

  expected return appears favorable relative to alternatives

  not when Attractive is subjective and can omit risk, liquidity, and mandate.

• warm

  promising

  early evidence supports cautious optimism

  not when Promising is weaker and should not imply completed diligence.

• professional

  investable

  an opportunity meets practical eligibility and execution requirements

  not when Investable does not mean attractive at the current price.

• professional

  viable

  the plan can function under realistic assumptions

  not when Viability does not establish that returns justify the capital.

• formal

  creditworthy

  a borrower appears able to repay obligations

  not when Creditworthiness covers debt repayment and not the merits of an equity or project investment.

• uninvestable
• overvalued
• unsuitable

• investment-worthy project

  The board called the project investment-worthy only after publishing the sensitivity analysis.

• consider investment-worthy

  Different investors may not consider the same asset investment-worthy.

• remain investment-worthy

  The proposal must remain investment-worthy after maintenance and financing costs are included.

Investment-worthy is not universal or permanent. The investor, objective, price, risk tolerance, horizon, liquidity, costs, evidence date, and alternatives matter.

Investment-worthy is not a headword in the dictionaries below. The sense was checked against their entries for worthy, and the definition and example here are written for Investment-worthy itself.

• Merriam-Webster, the entry for worthy, adjective sense 1: having sufficient worth or merit ↗opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.