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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
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Usually, expendables. an expendable person or thing.
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Expendable
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Example Sentences
- What's more, it shows how expendable ministers are, which undermines the authority of those who remain.
- They have had so much that, in the past year, previous contributors were deemed expendable.
- The instrument, called an expendable bathythermograph, is little more than a shaped weight with a temperature sensor inside.
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