Expendable

Quick meaning: Expendable is an adjective meaning Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.

Meaning

Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.

More Meanings

1. Designed for a single use; not reusable.
2. Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
3. Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
4. An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.

Example Sentences

He was expendable, like commodities past their use.

The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.

The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.

Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.

Word Forms

• expendables

Synonyms for expendable

Depending on context, synonyms include exhaustible, finite, limited, dispensable, disposable, throwaway.

Antonyms for expendable

Common opposites include unexpendable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disposable, spendable, consumable, sacrificeable, ejectable, dead.

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