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View usage for: (dɪspensəbəl) adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]If someone or something is dispensable they are not really needed. All those people in the middle are dispensable. Synonyms: expendable, unnecessary, disposable, superfluous More Synonyms of dispensable dispensable in British English (dɪˈspɛnsəbəl) adjective1. not essential; expendable 2. capable of being distributed 3. (of a law, vow, etc) able to be relaxed Derived forms dispensability (disˌpensaˈbility) or dispensableness (disˈpensableness) noun dispensable in American English (dɪˈspɛnsəbəl) adjective1. that can be dispensed, dealt out, or administered 2. that can be dispensed with; not important 3. open to dispensation (sense 6) Derived forms dispensability (disˌpensaˈbility) noun Word origin ML(Ec) dispensabilisSynonyms of 'dispensable'expendable, unnecessary, disposable, superfluous More Synonyms of dispensable In other languagesdispensable British English: dispensable ADJECTIVE If someone or something is dispensable they are not really needed. All those people in the middle are dispensable. - American English: dispensable
- Brazilian Portuguese: dispensável
- Chinese: 可有可无的
- European Spanish: prescindible
- French: dont on peut se passer
- German: entbehrlich
- Italian: non indispensabile
- Japanese: なくても済む
- Korean: 없어도 되는
- European Portuguese: dispensável
- Latin American Spanish: prescindible
Definition not essential These resources are dispensable. Synonyms disposable nonessential unrequired Opposites important , necessary , essential , vital , crucial , indispensable , requisite Additional synonymsDefinition not necessary We judged footnotes inessential to the text. Synonyms unnecessary, redundant, superfluous, spare, surplus, optional, needless, extraneous, extrinsic, uncalled-for, dispensableDefinition more than is sufficient or required My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superflous. Synonyms excess, surplus, redundant, remaining, extra, spare, excessive, unnecessary, in excess, needless, left over, on your hands, surplus to requirements, uncalled-for, unneeded, residuary, supernumerary, superabundant, pleonastic, unrequired, supererogatory Definition not essential, or more than is essential The slaughter of whales is unnecessary and inhuman. Synonyms needless, excessive, unwarranted, useless, pointless, not needed, redundant, wasteful, gratuitous, superfluous, wanton, expendable, surplus to requirements, uncalled-for, dispensable, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, unmerited, to no purpose, unrequired, supererogatory Nearby words ofdispensable - dispassionate
- dispatch
- dispel
- dispensable
- dispensation
- dispense
- dispense with something or someone
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