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dispensable Definition

dis·pen·sable (di spensə bəl)

adjective

  1. that can be dispensed, dealt out, or administered
  2. that can be dispensed with; not important
  3. open to dispensation (sense )

Etymology: ML(Ec) dispensabilis

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dispensable Synonyms

dispensable

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dispensable Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: That said, there are some technologies available today that make a notebook dispensable.

Used with adjective complement

  • consider: Some places were considered dispensable, while others were regarded as indispensable to the nation-building drive.

Modifying Another Word

  • entirely: Pro-actively, the East Timorese have been an inconvenient and entirely dispensable commodity for the last twenty five years.
  • economically: Yugoslavia was economically dispensable neither a rich market nor a strategic oilfield.
  • easily: The English ladies were more easily dispensable Henry was a tyrant and a despot.

Modifies a noun

  • acid: These are known as non-essential or dispensable amino acids.