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- Dictionaryexpendable/ɪkˈspɛndəbl/
adjective
- 1. of relatively little significance, and therefore able to be abandoned or destroyed: "they are being made to feel like their work is expendable" Similar Opposite
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EXPENDABLE definition: 1. If someone or something is expendable, people can do something or deal with a situation without…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXPENDABLE is that may be expended. How to use expendable in a sentence.
not completely necessary for success or continuing in business: In today's tough labor climate, individual workers are expendable. It seems he has become an expendable asset at the company. expendable supplies are things that are used in a business that have little value: expendable items / goods / supplies.
Anything expendable is not necessary — it can be done without. If you lose or use expendable funds, you won't miss the money. None of us wants to be called expendable — that means we could be replaced.
adjective. 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. noun. Usually expendables. an expendable person or thing. expendable.
1. Subject to use or consumption: an expendable source. 2. Not worth salvaging or reusing: expendable rocket boosters. 3. Not strictly necessary; dispensable: an expendable budget item; expendable personnel. 4. Open to sacrifice in the interests of gaining an objective, especially a military one: expendable civilian targets. n.
adjective. /ɪkˈspendəbl/ (formal) if you consider people or things to be expendable, you think that you can get rid of them when they are no longer needed, or think it is acceptable if they are killed or destroyed synonym dispensable. Soldiers in the ordinary ranks were considered expendable.
