dispensable
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editdispensable (comparative more dispensable, superlative most dispensable)
- Able to be done without; expendable; easily replaced.
- Capable of being dispensed; distributable.
- 2006, Pamela Lewis, Achieving Best Behavior for Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Carers, Jessica Kingsley Publsihers, published 2006, →ISBN, page 132:
- The reward could be a preferred food, a sticker, blowing some bubbles, a noisemaker the child enjoys, a pat on the back, or some other easily dispensable reward that does not take the child away from the task at hand for more than a moment or two.
- (of a law, rule, vow, etc.) Subject to dispensation; possible to relax, exempt from, or annul.
- 2011, Will Adam, Legal Flexibility and the Mission of the Church: Dispensation and Economy in Ecclesiastical Law[1], →ISBN, page 15:
- Jones' use of the term 'Ecclesiastical Law' in his definition of dispensations in Roman Catholic canon law points to the Roman Catholic distinction between divine law, from which no dispensation is possible, and merely ecclesiastical law, which is dispensable in certain circumstances.
- (biochemistry, nutrition, of an amino acid) Not essential to be taken in as part of an organism's diet, as it can be synthesized de novo.
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editable to be done without; able to be expended; easily replaced
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Noun
editdispensable (plural dispensables)
- Something that can reasonably be dispensed with; something unnecessary.
Further reading
edit- “dispensable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “dispensable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “dispensable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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editdispensable (plural dispensables)
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edit- “dispensable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.