dispensable
dispensable
Definition
dis·pen·sable (di spen′sə bəl)
adjective
- that can be dispensed, dealt out, or administered
- that can be dispensed with; not important
- open to dispensation (sense )
Etymology: ML(Ec) dispensabilis
dispensable
Synonyms
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.
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