English

Etymology
From Latin expendere + -able

Adjective
en-adj

1. Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.

#:Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.

1. Designed for a single use; not reusable.

#:The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.

1. Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.

#:The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.

1. That which is regarded as not worth preserve|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.

Synonyms
(not inexhaustible): exhaustible, finite, limited
(not reusable): dispensable, disposable, throwaway
(not essential or mandatory): adjunct, dispensable, redundant, superfluous
(not worth saving or preserving): collateral, inconsiderable, sacrificable, worthless

Translations
trans-top|Able to be expended; not inexhaustible
Finnish: ehtyvä
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trans-top|Designed for a single use; not reusable
Finnish: kertakäyttöinen, kertakäyttö-
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trans-top|Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal
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trans-top|That which is regarded as not worth preserving or saving
Finnish: uhrattavissa oleva
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Noun
en-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.

Derived terms
expendability
expendably

ru:expendable
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• 2007-05-21 18:41 - Jaaari - +fi

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