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dispensable

Syllabification: (dis·pen·sa·ble)
Pronunciation: /disˈpensəbəl/
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Definition of dispensable

adjective

  • able to be replaced or done without; superfluous:tiny battlefield robots will be cheap and dispensable
  • (of a law or other rule) able to be relaxed in special cases.

Derivatives

dispensability

Pronunciation: /-ˌpensəˈbilitē/
noun

Origin:

early 16th century (in the sense 'permissible in special circumstances'): from medieval Latin dispensabilis, from Latin dispensare (see dispense)

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