expendible

Adjective

expendable (comparative more expendable, superlative most expendable)

1. Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
   • Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.

   Synonyms:

   exhaustible, finite, limited

2. Designed for a single use; not reusable.
   • The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.

   Synonyms:

   dispensable, disposable, throwaway

3. Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
   • The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.

   Synonyms:

   adjunct, dispensable, redundant, superfluous

4. Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
   • In the internecine rivalries of large corporations, whole departments may become expendable in the execution of one executive's power play.

   Synonyms:

   collateral, inconsiderable, sacrificable, worthless

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