expendable
expendable
Definition
ex·pend·able (ek spen′də bəl, ik-)
adjective
- that can be expended
- Mil. designating or of equipment or personnel considered worth sacrificing to achieve an objective
- designating or of a person or thing regarded as worth sacrificing under particular circumstances
noun
a person or thing considered expendable
expendable
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- not: One who thought that human life was not expendable would have asked a question about human worth.
- now: My question is this: are the innocent now expendable in the fight to ensure that all guilty people receive their just deserts?
- only: This book brings Scripture alive to prove that church is not only expendable, it hinders spiritual growth.
- completely: Based on the philosophy that the employe is completely expendable, this book succeeds in " Topgrading " worker exploitation.
Preposition: at
- discretion: Unrestricted funds are expendable at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the charity's objects.
Preposition: as
- income: Where capital funds are not freely expendable as income they represent permanent endowment for the purpose of section 96 of the Charities Act 1993.
Modifies a noun
- endowment: Trustees have the power to apply expendable endowment for the purposes of the charity.
- income: It would work if you have expendable income of £ 100 or more.
- item: Now for probably the most expendable item of the lot: flies.
- vehicle: A Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle stands ready to launch the Swift spacecraft.
- fund: Clarify whether endowed funds, or expendable funds, or both, are to be pooled.
- pawn: I know nothing, I am but an expendable pawn of more powerful people " .
Used with adjective complement
- deem: A company with price remained flat is deemed expendable to match of.
- consider: All of these are considered imminently expendable by the system.
- become: Children went through a natural progression in their process of education, and there was a point when nurses became expendable.
- regard: We have a choice - either to adapt and submit to the more powerful energies. or to be regarded as expendable.
- feel: Many grew depressed and felt expendable -- especially since U.S. officials had made clear they would not negotiate with Iraq over hostages.
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