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imprescindible

imprescindible adjective: indispensable, essential, imperative, vital.

Adjective

imprescindible (comparative more imprescindible, superlative most imprescindible)

  1. Indispensable, essential, imperative, vital.
    • It is imprescindible that the actor—in his lay mind—visualize the execution of an act which bears all the elements that are required by a statutory crime definition.1971, Helen Silving, Criminal Justice, volume II, →ISBN, page 1003
    • Courage to be unpopular means in criminal law punishing only in cases where punishment is imprescindible in the interest of social protection.1972, Modern Law and Society, page 17

Forms of imprescindible

comparativemore imprescindible
superlativemost imprescindible

Questions about imprescindible

What does imprescindible mean?
Imprescindible means indispensable, essential, imperative, vital.
What part of speech is imprescindible?
Imprescindible is an adjective.

Words near imprescindible in the dictionary

  1. impresari
  2. impresarial
  3. impresario
  4. impresarios
  5. impresas
  6. imprescindible
  7. imprescribable
  8. imprescriptable
  9. imprescriptibility
  10. imprescriptible
  11. imprescriptibly

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