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| 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. |
| 5. | Usually, expendables. an expendable person or thing. |