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Dispensable   Listen
adjective
Dispensable  adj.  
1.
Capable of being dispensed or administered.
2.
Capable of being dispensed with.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Dispensable" Quotes from Famous Books



... a perfect screw-frigate, a ship with sail-power complete, and efficient for any service that may be required, the endeavor should be made—by getting rid of every dispensable article of weight or bulk, and without reducing supplies below three months' provisions and six weeks' water—to find space and displacement for an engine of sufficient force to drive her thirteen knots an hour, together with at least ten days' full consumption of ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume V, Number 29, March, 1860 - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various
... should assist—nobody but those whose families were distinctly of Revolutionary or colonial dignity. In truth, Mrs. Gouverneur had some feeling of resentment that the capitalist families were of late disposed to take themselves for leaders in society, and to treat the merely old families as dispensable if necessary. This assembly to be made up exclusively of antiques ...
— The Faith Doctor - A Story of New York • Edward Eggleston
... left in you, you'll write something that he will be glad to have and to pay for. Pawn that ring on your finger and get yourself a good breakfast"—it was my mother's wedding-ring, the only piece of dispensable property I had not parted with—"she won't mind helping you. But nobody ...
— Paul Kelver • Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome


Words linked to "Dispensable" :   indispensable, unneeded


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