dispensable

Meanings

Plural: dispensables

Adjective

• capable of being dispensed with or done without
  • "dispensable items of personal property"

Adj

• Able to be done without; easily replaced.
• Capable of being dispensed.
• Subject to dispensation; possible to relax, exempt from, or annul.
• Not essential to be taken in as part of an organism's diet, as it can be synthesized de novo.

Noun

• Something that can reasonably be dispensed with; something unnecessary.

Synonyms

disposable, distributable, expendable, inessential, nonessential

Antonyms

;, crucial, essential, indispensable, irreplaceable, nondispensable, nondisposable, nondistributable, undispensable, undistributable, vital

Related Words

dispensary, dispense

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