expendable
capable of being expended.
(of an item of equipment or supply) consumed in use or not reusable.
considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining.
Military. (of personnel, equipment, or supplies) capable of being sacrificed in order to accomplish a military objective.
Usually expendables. an expendable person or thing.
Origin of expendable
1Other words from expendable
- ex·pend·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·ex·pend·a·ble, adjective
Words Nearby expendable
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How to use expendable in a sentence
The Air Force prefers “attritable” to “expendable,” but what makes a swarm work is that parts of it can be lost and the mission will still be completed.
DARPA’s Gremlin drones could be reloaded while airborne | Rob Verger | June 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe lives and futures of LGBTQ youth are not expendable, and it’s time that they stop being treated as such.
Opinion | LGBTQ youth face mental health challenges amid pandemic | Maeve Korengold | June 10, 2021 | Washington BladeDrivers have no rights and there are in excess so expendable.
Uber under pressure over facial recognition checks for drivers | Natasha Lomas | March 19, 2021 | TechCrunchThe Falcon 9 second stage is expendable, which is the space term for essentially just junk that’s discarded and eventually de-orbits and burns up on reentry.
Relativity Space unveils plans for a new, much larger and fully reusable rocket | Darrell Etherington | February 26, 2021 | TechCrunchThe first is that they are expendable, both in terms of material cost and also because they do not risk the life of an on-board pilot to operate.
This Airbus prototype could deploy drones from cargo planes | Kelsey D. Atherton | February 24, 2021 | Popular-Science
Because when it comes to The Expendables franchise, no plot is expendable.
I Am The Hague! Sylvester Stallone's 'Expendable' Wet Dream | Amy Zimmerman | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“They (critics of reform) think these people are expendable,” says Simpson.
The Anguish of Alan Simpson, Tragic Hero of Immigration Reform | Eleanor Clift | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo put it bluntly: it often leads to making everything else a secondary—that is, expendable—issue.
When ‘Israel First’ Means Condoning Old-School Anti-Semitism | Anna Momigliano | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe real danger lies in the implication that the freedom and dignity of Jews in the diaspora is somewhat of an expendable asset.
When ‘Israel First’ Means Condoning Old-School Anti-Semitism | Anna Momigliano | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST"As a result, he treats workers as expendable resources without taking into account their contributions," Stone writes.
Jeff Bezos’s Dad Was a Circus Performer and 5 More Juicy Bits From the Tell-All Book | Nina Strochlic | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTGovernment property is considered expendable or non-expendable depending upon its character.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerMeanwhile I shall study your sales tapes concerning the non-expendable flitters.
Voodoo Planet | Andre NortonFrom a practical standpoint, however, anything that James contracted for was expendable and of vital necessity.
The Fourth R | George Oliver SmithHe's taking the rap for another man because he knows that he is expendable and the other man isn't.
The Unnecessary Man | Gordon Randall GarrettFurthermore, there seems to be some non-expendable items that can't be accounted for, a couple of major items among them.
Jack of No Trades | Charles Cottrell
British Dictionary definitions for expendable
/ (ɪkˈspɛndəbəl) /
that may be expended or used up
not essential; not worth preserving
able to be sacrificed to achieve an objective, esp a military one
something that is expendable
Derived forms of expendable
- expendability, noun
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