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   Ex·pend·a·ble

   /ikˈspendəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of little significance when compared to an overall purpose, and therefore able to be abandoned: "they are being made to feel like their work is expendable" Similar dispensableable to be sacrificedreplaceablenonessentialinessentialnot essentialunimportantunnecessaryunneedednot requiredsuperfluousextraneousdisposabledisposablethrowawayone usesingle-usereplaceableOpposite indispensableimportant
   • ▪ (of an object) designed to be used only once and then abandoned or destroyed: "the need for unmanned and expendable launch vehicles"

   Derivatives

   • 1. expendability noun
   • 2. expendably adverb

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