dispensable
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6.1
- adjective
- /dɪˈspɛnsəbl/
:
prescindible
- The arts are often seen as dispensable subjects during times of economic uncertainty and competition.
- become dispensable
- seen as dispensable
And Israel looks at Palestinians as lesser people, as lesser beings, as some people who are dispensable.
- And Israel looks at Palestinians as lesser people, as lesser beings, as some people who are dispensable.
- So in in film, this has been the case since Hollywood began that the writer was totally dispensable.
- You know, it's like I, I think that everything is, everything is dispensable in a way, you know, and nothing is in my eyes forever.
- Yeah, that a dispensable product because they've got their millions of pound profit.
- Tonight, he will discuss foreign policy under the title The importance of being dispensable, downsizing our global Ambitions.
Examples
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I'm totally dispensable.
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In effect, the biopesticide Bt would be dispensable, ultimately replaceable by artificial insecticides.
Academic text (1999) -
These men who are dispensable to you.
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Everyone here is dispensable except me.
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Oh, it's news, sure, but it's dispensable news.
Fiction book (1992) -
If there is conflict, dating or sexual relationships are seen as dispensable.
Academic text (2004) -
Here, practice is secondary to belief and is therefore dispensable.
Academic text (2008) -
We must all speak out when the downtrodden are treated as dispensable by some.
Blog text (22) -
In actual practice, the teacher/librarian is often seen as dispensable, a rather expensive clerk or technician.
Academic text (1993) -
Many people believe that certain luxury items are dispensable and can be replaced with more practical alternatives.
Synonyms
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2.3
Not necessary or useful in a situation
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5.0
Not needed for the main purpose
Can be left out without missing anything important
Antonyms
How Dispensable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dispensable comes from the word dispense, which originally meant 'to give out' or 'to hand out'. That's why if you can 'dispense with' something you can do without it, so dispensable means 'not necessary' or able to be left out.