- Not essential; unimportant: dispensable items of personal property.
- Capable of being dispensed, administered, or distributed: dispensable drugs.
- Subject to dispensation, as a vow or church law.
Dictionary:
dis·pens·a·ble (dĭ-spĕn'sə-bəl) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: dispensable |
adjective
| Antonyms: dispensable |
Definition: not necessary; able to be thrown away
Antonyms: indispensable, irreplaceable, necessary, needed, useful
| Word Tutor: dispensable |
Clean water is never dispensable and should be guarded well.
| Translations: Dispensable |
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
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - dispensável
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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