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Indispensableness

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in·dis·pens·a·ble  (nd-spns-bl)
adj.
1. Not to be dispensed with; essential.
2. Obligatory; unavoidable: the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state.
n.
One that is indispensable.
indis·pensa·bili·ty, indis·pensa·ble·ness n.
indis·pensa·bly adv.
Synonyms: indispensable, essential, necessary, needful, requisite
These adjectives indicate a pressing need: foods indispensable to good nutrition; funds essential to completing the project; necessary tools and materials; provided them with all things needful; lacking the requisite qualifications.
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Noun1.indispensableness - the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without
indispensability, vitalness
essentiality, essentialness - basic importance
dispensability, dispensableness - the quality possessed by something that you can get along without
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Partly to show the indispensableness of this act, it may here be stated, that, in the old Dutch fishery, a mop was used to dash the running line with water; in many other ships, a wooden piggin, or bailer, is set apart for that purpose.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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