English

Etymology
in- not + dispensable: compare French indispensable

Adjective
en-adj

1. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.
2. context|ecclesiastical Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption.

#: The law was moral and indispensable. -Bp. Burnet

1. obsolete: Unavoidable; inevitable.

Derived terms
indispensability
indispensably

Translations
trans-top|not dispensable
Finnish: välttämätön, korvaamaton
German: unentbehrlich, unverzichtbar, unabkömmlich, unerlässlich
Italian: indispensabile
trans-mid
Spanish: indispensable#Spanish|indispensable
trans-bottom

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Spanish

Adjective
es-adj

1. indispensable#English|indispensable

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zh:indispensable

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