EXPENDABLE — Definition of EXPENDABLE
noun
1
An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.
Private Johnson was afraid the Lieutenant considered him an expendable, since he was always picked as point man.
adjective
1
Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.
2
Designed for a single use; not reusable.
The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.
3
Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.
4
Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
In the internecine rivalries of large corporations, whole departments may become expendable in the execution of one executive's power play.
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