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expendable

[ ik-spen-duh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being expended.
  2. (of an item of equipment or supply) consumed in use or not reusable.
  3. considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining.
  4. Military. (of personnel, equipment, or supplies) capable of being sacrificed in order to accomplish a military objective.


noun

  1. Usually expendables. an expendable person or thing.

expendable

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adjective

  1. that may be expended or used up
  2. not essential; not worth preserving
  3. able to be sacrificed to achieve an objective, esp a military one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something that is expendable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±ð³æËŒ±è±ð²Ô»å²¹Ëˆ²ú¾±±ô¾±³Ù²â, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð³æ·±è±ð²Ô»åa·²ú¾±±ôi·³Ù²â noun
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôe³æ·±è±ð²Ô»åa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of expendable1

First recorded in 1795–1805; expend + -able
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Who else is the Silicon Valley motto, “move fast and break things,†for other than CEOs who view people as expendable and companies as their playthings?

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According to Ms Bhandare, Chakraborty "became expendable in the pursuit of a juicy story" since she "was not a big name and had no powerful people backing her in the film industry".

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The film stars Robert Pattinson as a so-called “expendable†spaceship crew member who dies again and again while completing dangerous tasks.

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It tells the story of a financially destitute man who signs up to be an "expendable" crew member on a dangerous mission to colonise an ice world.

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The first stage is designed to be reusable, while the second stage is expendable and replaced after each mission.

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