expendable
English
adj
Definitions
- Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
- Designed for a single use; not reusable.
- Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
- Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
Etymology
Suffix from English expend.
Origin
English
expend
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- expend English
- expendability English
- expender English
- expendeth English
- nonexpendable English
- unexpendable English
- expendō Latin