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expendability

expendability noun: the state or quality of being expendable.

Noun

expendability (countable and uncountable, plural expendabilities)

  1. The state or quality of being expendable.
    • It is being waged through policies of expendability, which deliberately destroy jobs and production in favor of a service- and banking-based economy.1981 March 6, John Pilger, “OUT-THATCHERING HER”, in The New York Times
    • A pell-mell disaster movie with the horror film’s belief in the expendability of sexually available women and wimpy guys, the story gallops after a divorced American father (Mr. Roth) and two Chilean acquaintances as they hook up with three young women for a Valparaíso vacation.2013 May 9, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Civilization Comes Crashing Down”, in The New York Times

Forms of expendability

pluralexpendabilities

Origin of expendability

From expendable + -ity or expend + -ability.

Questions about expendability

What does expendability mean?
Expendability means the state or quality of being expendable.
What part of speech is expendability?
Expendability is a noun.
What is the plural of expendability?
The plural of expendability is expendabilities.

Words near expendability in the dictionary

  1. expence
  2. expences
  3. expencive
  4. expend
  5. expendabilities
  6. expendability
  7. expendable
  8. expendableness
  9. expendables
  10. expendably
  11. expended

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