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expendable
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective expendable has 2 senses
- expendable(a = adj.all) Array - suitable to be expended; Array Antonym: unexpendable
- expendable(s = adj.all) spendable - (used of funds) remaining after taxes; "spendable income"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
expendable, adj.
1 that may be sacrificed or dispensed with, esp. to achieve a purpose.
2 a not regarded as worth preserving or saving. b unimportant, insignificant.
3 not normally reused.
1 that may be sacrificed or dispensed with, esp. to achieve a purpose.
2 a not regarded as worth preserving or saving. b unimportant, insignificant.
3 not normally reused.
Derivative
expendability n. expendably adv.
THESAURUS
expendable
consumable, de trop, dispensable, disposable, excess, expletive, gratuitous, in excess, inessential, insignificant, needless, no-deposit, nonessential, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, replaceable, spare, spendable, substitutable, supererogatory, superfluous, supersedable, tautologic, tautologous, throwaway, to spare, uncalled-for, unessential, unimportant, unnecessary, unneeded, verbose
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