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   In·dis·pen·sa·ble

   /ˌindəˈspensəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. absolutely necessary: "he made himself indispensable to the parish priest"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘not to be allowed or provided for by ecclesiastical dispensation’): from medieval Latin indispensabilis, from in- ‘not’ + dispensabilis (see dispensable).

   Derivatives

   • 1. indispensability noun
   • 2. indispensableness noun
   • 3. indispensably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 18

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