Expendable
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adjective.
Subject to use or consumption.
adjective.
Not worth salvaging or reusing.
adjective.
Not strictly necessary; dispensable.
adjective.
Open to sacrifice in the interests of gaining an objective, especially a military one.
noun.
Something expendable.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
That can be expended or consumed by use: as, articles
expendable
and not
expendable.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Able to be
expended
; not
inexhaustible
.
adjective.
Designed for a
single
use; not
reusable
.
adjective.
Not
essential
or
mandatory
in order to
achieve
a goal.
adjective.
That which is regarded as not
worth
preserving
or saving; able to be
sacrificed
.
noun.
An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.
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adjective.
suitable to be expended
adjective.
(used of funds) remaining after taxes
Word Usage
""So far, sites have focused their attention on a younger demographic, which is finite, fickle and limited in expendable income.""
Equivalent
consumable
disposable
sacrificeable
Form
expendability
expendably
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
amendable
commendable
dependable
extendable
spendable
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
40-mm
cleanable
dependable
deployable
disposable
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
consumable
de trop
dispensable
disposable
excess