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Synonyms for expendable
ɪkˈspɛn də bəlex·pend·able
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expendableadjective
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adjunct, limited, redundant, sacrificable, dispensable, superfluous, collateral, finite, worthless, inconsiderable, disposable, throwaway, exhaustibleexpendableadjective
Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
Private Johnson was afraid the Lieutenant considered him an expendable, since he was always picked as point man.
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exhaustible, limited, adjunct, worthless, sacrificable, inconsiderable, collateral, finite, throwaway, redundant, superfluous, dispensable, disposableexpendableadjective
Designed for a single use; not reusable.
The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.
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inconsiderable, dispensable, limited, collateral, sacrificable, disposable, worthless, throwaway, exhaustible, finite, redundant, superfluous, adjunctexpendableadjective
Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.
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dispensable, redundant, sacrificable, adjunct, limited, exhaustible, collateral, inconsiderable, worthless, disposable, throwaway, finite, superfluousexpendableadjective
That which is regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
In the internecine rivalries of large corporations, whole departments may become expendable in the execution of one executive's power play.
Synonyms:
throwaway, redundant, finite, exhaustible, adjunct, worthless, inconsiderable, sacrificable, disposable, collateral, limited, superfluous, dispensable
Princeton's WordNet
expendableadjective
suitable to be expended
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spendableAntonyms:
unexpendable, nondisposableexpendable, spendableadjective
(used of funds) remaining after taxes
"spendable income"
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spendableAntonyms:
unexpendable, nondisposable
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "expendable":
fungible, consumable, non-durable, replaceable, unsustainable, non-expendable, non-sustainable, ejectable
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#751 | limited | |
#7630 | finite | |
#11878 | collateral | |
#12041 | disposable | |
#12423 | redundant | |
#17036 | adjunct | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#26232 | consumable | |
#33926 | replaceable | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#37921 | unsustainable | |
#47357 | expendable | |
#74689 | throwaway | |
#113717 | dispensable | |
#118861 | inconsiderable | |
#122938 | fungible | |
#231066 | exhaustible | |
#240757 | spendable |
How to use expendable in a sentence?
This is a man who might provide some tactical advice to the leader but is otherwise a message bearer with little negotiating or policymaking latitude, instead, they put in someone like Kim Hyok Chol to insulate Choe Son Hui and more substantive diplomatic personnel, to a certain degree he is expendable and his superiors are not.
Essentially, we look at people with this on-demand, consumeristic mindset of, 'What am I in the mood for? Who can make me happy? Who pleases me?' and as soon as they don't make me feel a certain way, they're expendable, when we approach our relationships this way, it's no longer based on commitment; it's based on feelings and compatibility.
Translations for expendable
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- потребляем, за еднократна употреба, маловаженBulgarian
- obětovatelný, postradatelnýCzech
- prescindible, sacrificable, desechable, agotableSpanish
- kertakäyttö-, kertakäyttöinen, ehtyväFinnish
- consommable, sacrifiable, facultatif, jetableFrench
- so-chaitheamhScottish Gaelic
- yn-cheau, yn-vaarailManx
- उपभोजितHindi
- ಖರ್ಚುಮಾಡಬಹುದುKannada
- expendibilesLatin
- vervangbaarDutch
- unnværesNorwegian
- esgotável, sacrificável, descartávelPortuguese
- необязательный, одноразовый, расходный, расходуемый, невозобновляемыйRussian
- expendableTelugu
- harcanabilirTurkish
- витратний матеріалUkrainian
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