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adjective
1.
absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
2.
incapable of being disregarded or neglected: an indispensable obligation.
noun
3.
a person or thing that is indispensable.
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Indispensability
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Origin:
1525–35; < Medieval Latin indispēnsābilis not subject to dispensation. See in-3, dispensable
1525–35; < Medieval Latin indispēnsābilis not subject to dispensation. See in-3, dispensable
Related forms
in·dis·pen·sa·bil·i·ty, in·dis·pen·sa·ble·ness, noun
in·dis·pen·sa·bly, adverb
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Word Origin & History
indispensable
1533, from M.L. indispensabilis, from in- "not" + dispensabilis (see dispense).
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