Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being dispensable; the capability of being dispensed.or dispensed with.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Quality of being dispensable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
dispensable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality possessed by something that you can get along without
Etymologies
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dispensable + -ness
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Examples
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The precious metals are, in many respects, so diametrically opposed in properties to wheat, in their dispensableness, transportable character and durability, for instance, that these two classes of commodities are best adapted to act as counter-balances to each other. (
System der volkswirthschaft. English Wilhelm Roscher 1855
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