indispensable
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbl/
- A smartphone has become an indispensable part of everyday life.
- an indispensable role
- become indispensable
- play an indispensable role
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Watch on YouTubeYou're one of the most indispensable people on the planet.
- You're one of the most indispensable people on the planet.
- And they're, they're just indispensable for organizing small parts and small stuff.
- You become indispensable to your organization.
- And my friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable.
- So you had cultures like at the time of the study, China, it was basically indispensable that a partner be a virgin.
- And went on to say, respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse Republic.
- But paramount would be free speech, the indispensable proposition that no one should be told how to think.
- He found a way to monetize his passions where I think he's probably indispensable to the UFC when he comments, do they pay him?
- You know, you have you have to find a way to become indispensable to your customer.
- So it's, it's funny, but that this person will see how indispensable I am.
Examples
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U.S. leadership will therefore be indispensable in the creation of an international regime to contain climate change.
Academic text (2008) -
Though the advantages provided by the Internet are indispensable for modern life, its possible negative influences cannot be dismissed.
Academic text (2008) -
You become indispensable to your organization.
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You become indispensable to your organization.
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But make yourself indispensable to this lady.
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I find a computer indispensable.
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Freedom of discussion seems to be an indispensable part of the institutional arrangements.
Academic text (1999) -
You're one of the most indispensable people on the planet.
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Edward was just telling us how indispensable you've become to him.
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Why is Bayesian reasoning indispensable for scientists and AI researchers?
Synonyms
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1.0
Required for a particular purpose or to make something possible
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1.9
Needed for something to work or succeed
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3.6
Very important for the success or result of something
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3.5
Necessary for life or for something to succeed
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4.1
Very useful in a way that is hard to measure
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4.0
Very necessary for a decision or success
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6.4
So special or valuable that you cannot get another one
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7.5
So important and needed that you cannot do without it
Very important and needed for something to work or survive
Antonyms
How Necessary
Surface Forms
Morphology
indispensable = dispensable (semi-transparent) = in + dispense + able
The negative prefix 'in-' straightforwardly forms the opposite of 'dispensable'.
Etymology
Indispensable comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and dispense meaning 'to give out'. So something indispensable cannot be 'given away' or left out, and is absolutely necessary.