Dispensable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dispensable \Dis*pen"sa*ble\, a. [LL. dispensabilis. See
     {Dispense}.]
     1. Capable of being dispensed or administered.
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     2. Capable of being dispensed with. --Coleridge.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dispensable
       adj : capable of being dispensed with or done without;
             "dispensable items of personal property" [ant: {indispensable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "dispensable":
     admissible, allocated, allowable, apportionable, apportioned,
     back-burner, condonable, de trop, defensible, dinky, disposable,
     distributable, divisible, excess, excusable, exemptible,
     expendable, expiable, expletive, forgivable, gratuitous,
     immaterial, in excess, inappreciable, inconsequential,
     inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, inoffensive, insignificant,
     irrelevant, justifiable, legitimate, little, minor, minute,
     needless, negligible, nonessential, not vital, parceled,
     pardonable, petit, pleonastic, portioned out, prolix, reasonable,
     redundant, remissible, severable, small, spare, supererogatory,
     superfluous, tautologic, tautologous, technical, to spare,
     uncalled-for, unessential, unimpressive, unnecessary, unneeded,
     unnoteworthy, unobjectionable, useless, venial, verbose,
     vindicable, warrantable