expendable

ex·pend·a·ble  (k-spnd-bl)

adj.

1. Subject to use or consumption: an expendable source.

2. Not worth salvaging or reusing: expendable rocket boosters.

3. Not strictly necessary; dispensable: an expendable budget item; expendable personnel.

4. Open to sacrifice in the interests of gaining an objective, especially a military one: expendable civilian targets.

n.

Something expendable.

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expendable [ɪkˈspɛndəb^əl]

adj

1. that may be expended or used up

2. not essential; not worth preserving

3. able to be sacrificed to achieve an objective, esp a military one

n

something that is expendable

expendability  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	expendable - suitable to be expended replaceable - capable of being replaced unexpendable - not suitable to be expended
	2.	expendable - (used of funds) remaining after taxes; "spendable income" spendable disposable - free or available for use or disposition; "every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire"; "disposable assets"

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expendable

adjective dispensable, unnecessary, unimportant, replaceable, nonessential, inessential Once we're of no more use to them, we're expendable.
necessary, essential, vital, crucial, indispensable, key

Translations

expendable [ɪksˈpendəbl]

A. ADJ [equipment] → fungible; [person, luxury] → prescindible

B. NPL expendables → equipo m or material m fungible

expendable [ɪkˈspɛndəb^əl] adj [person] → dont on peut se passer
They're expendable → On peut se passer d'eux.

expendable (form)

adj device, object → entbehrlich; person also → überflüssig; an expendable luxury → ein überflüssiger Luxus

n usu pl expendables → entbehrliche Dinge pl

expendable [ɪksˈpɛndəbl] adj → sacrificabile

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expendable [ɪksˈpɛndəbl] adj → sacrificabile