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Dictionary: dis·pens·a·ble   (dĭ-spĕn'sə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Not essential; unimportant: dispensable items of personal property.
  2. Capable of being dispensed, administered, or distributed: dispensable drugs.
  3. Subject to dispensation, as a vow or church law.
dispensability dis·pen'sa·bil'i·ty or dis·pens'a·ble·ness n.

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adj

Definition: not necessary; able to be thrown away
Antonyms: indispensable, irreplaceable, necessary, needed, useful


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Capable of being done without.

pronunciation Clean water is never dispensable and should be guarded well.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - unødvendig, med dispensationsmulighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
misbaar, ontbeerlijk, waarvan dispensatie gegeven kan worden

Français (French)
adj. - dont on peut se passer, (Relig) dispensable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - abkömmlich, entbehrlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επουσιώδης

Italiano (Italian)
superfluo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - dispensável

Русский (Russian)
неважный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - prescindible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - umbärlig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不是必要的, 可有可无的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不是必要的, 可有可無的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 줄 수 있는, 특별 면제할 수 있는, 필수적이 아닌

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - なくても済む, 分配しうる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير هام, يستغنى عنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שאפשר לוותר עליו‬


 
 
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invaluable
dispensableness
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