expendable
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6.7
- adjective
- /ɪkˈspɛndəbl/
:
prescindible
- In the military, some resources are deemed expendable, meaning they can be sacrificed for the mission's success.
- become expendable
- expendable launch vehicle
- expendable launch vehicle
Now people's expendable income is, you know, is, is drying up.
- Now people's expendable income is, you know, is, is drying up.
- I'll just buy one from PetSmart and I have I have expendable income.
- But the key thing to that is the reason they do that is to make them expendable, to use them.
- So all of the groups that are not white male Christian nationalists need to realize that they're expendable.
- For generations, paper newspapers have been have been seen as expendable fish wrap and kindling the day after they hit your stoop.
Examples
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Commercial launches today are provided by expendable launch vehicles, which are used only once.
Academic text (2008) -
The next-generation expendable engine will use a simplified gas-generator cycle, Weiss noted.
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But the key thing to that is the reason they do that is to make them expendable, to use them.
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Which means main characters are completely expendable now, too.
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The two were a special operations unit, expendable in the big picture, and this is big, Mike.
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Do I send the most expendable?
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When they first heard about this thing, it was "crew expendable".
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Therefore, you, your headquarters and everyone associated with your operation has been marked expendable.
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And how much do you think young girls have been deemed expendable because they're from a working class background?
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Energy will no longer be cheap and expendable, and its use will not be viewed as inconsequential.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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7.7
Not important and not likely to make a difference
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5.0
Not needed for the main purpose
Something you can give up to help reach a goal
Can be dropped or given up when not needed
Made to be thrown away after use
Antonyms
How Expendable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Expendable comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and pendere 'to pay', the same root as spend and expense. So something expendable is like an item you can 'spend' or use up — not essential and able to be given away or sacrificed.