Indispensable meaning

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One that is indispensable.
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Absolutely necessary; essential.
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Obligatory; unavoidable.

The routine but indispensable ceremonies of state.

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That cannot be dispensed with or neglected.
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That cannot be omitted; absolutely necessary or required.
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An indispensable person or thing.
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(of duties, rules etc.) Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored. [from 17th c.]

The law was moral and indispensable. -Bp. Burnet.

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Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without. [from 17th c.]

An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet.

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A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity. [from 17th c.]
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(in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers. [from 19th c.]
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The definition of indispensable is essential or absolutely necessary.

When a part is needed to make a machine work, this is an example of when the part is indispensable.

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Origin of indispensable

From Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensabilis, corresponding to in- +‎ dispensable.

Sentence Examples

  • After a night's sleep the news is as indispensable as the breakfast.

  • Formerly a friend and disciple of Mazzini, with whom he had broken on the question of the monarchical form of government which Crispi believed indispensable to the unification of Italy, he had afterwards been one of Garibaldis most efficient coadjutors and an active member of the party of action.

  • Perhaps it is even indispensable as a preliminary statement.

  • Tikhon Shcherbaty was one of the most indispensable men in their band.

  • Hence a good herbarium forms an indispensable part of a botanical museum or institution.

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