ex·pend·a·ble ( k-sp n d -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. |
expendable
Adjective
1. not worth preserving
2. able to be sacrificed to achieve an objective, esp. a military one
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| 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"disposable - free or available for use or disposition; "every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire"; "disposable assets" |
expendable
adjective dispensable, unnecessary, unimportant, replaceable, nonessential, inessential << OPPOSITE indispensable
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