expendable lv
1expendable — ex‧pend‧a‧ble [ɪkˈspendəbl] adjective ACCOUNTING expendable supplies or items are ones of little value. Companies do not have to keep records of who has expendable items, and what they are being used for * * * expendable UK US /ɪkˈspendəbl/… …
2expendable — [ek spen′də bəl, ikspen′də bəl] adj. 1. that can be expended 2. Mil. designating or of equipment or personnel considered worth sacrificing to achieve an objective 3. designating or of a person or thing regarded as worth sacrificing under… …
3expendable — I adjective accessory, added, additional, auxiliary, dispensable, disposable, duplicate, excess, excessive, expletive, extra, extraneous, functionless, futile, gratuitous, impotent, inapplicable, inconsequential, ineffectual, inessential,… …
4expendable — 1805, from EXPEND (Cf. expend) + ABLE (Cf. able) …
5expendable — [adj] not important dispensable, disposable, excess, inessential, nonessential, replaceable, superfluous, unimportant; concepts 546,575 Ant. important, indispensable, necessary, useful …
6expendable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) suitable to be used once only; not worth preserving. 2) able to be sacrificed because of little significance when compared to an overall purpose. DERIVATIVES expendability noun expendably adverb …
7Expendable — This article is about James Alan Gardner s science fiction novel. For the video game, see . For the Philip K. Dick short story, see Expendable (short story).infobox Book | name = Expendable title orig = translator = author = James Alan Gardner… …
8expendable — 1. adjective a) Able to be expended; not inexhaustible. Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes. b) Designed for a single use; not reusable. The anti ai …
9expendable — [[t]ɪkspe̱ndəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you regard someone or something as expendable, you think it is acceptable to get rid of them, abandon them, or allow them to be destroyed when they are no longer needed. [FORMAL] Once our services cease to be …
10expendable — I. adjective Date: 1805 that may be expended: as a. normally used up or consumed in service < expendable supplies like pencils and paper > b. more easily or economically replaced than rescued, salvaged, or protected • expendability noun II. noun… …