dispensable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Able to be done without; easily replaced.
Capable of being dispensed.
Subject to dispensation; possible to relax, exempt from, or annul.
Not essential to be taken in as part of an organism's diet, as it can be synthesized de novo.

noun

/dɪsˈpɛnsəbəl/ [dɪsˈpʰɛnsəbɫ̩] [-bəɫ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dispensable.wav

dispensable more dispensable most dispensable dispensables

From dispense + -able.

disposable expendable inessential distributable nonessential

indispensable nondispensable nondisposable irreplaceable essential crucial vital undispensable nondistributable undistributable

dispensary dispense

dispensableness undispensable

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