adjective
dispensable
dih-SPEN-suh-bul/dɪˈspensəbl/
Able to be done without.
The extra decorations are dispensable when our budget is tight.
Etymology
The “weigh/pay out” base developed a sense of granting exemptions, allowing requirements to be waived. Dispensable first meant excusable or pardonable, then came to describe something one could do without.
In context
i grew up poor and we're dispensable we don't count anymore
More examples
- This paragraph is dispensable; the argument works without it.
- No one on the team wants to feel dispensable.
- We cut the most dispensable features from the design.
Forms
dispensable · more dispensable · most dispensable
dispensability noun — The quality of being nonessential.
Similar words
- unnecessary
- Emphasizes that something is not needed for a purpose.
- expendable
- Suggests something can be sacrificed or lost without serious harm.
- optional
- Emphasizes freedom to choose rather than lack of necessity.