dispensable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: dis=pen=sa=ble

OXFORD DICTIONARY

dispensable, adj.
1 able to be done without; unnecessary.
2 (of a law etc.) able to be relaxed in special cases.

Derivative

dispensability n.

Etymology

med.L dispensabilis (as DISPENSE)

THESAURUS

dispensable

admissible, allocated, allowable, apportionable, apportioned, back-burner, condonable, de trop, defensible, dinky, disposable, distributable, divisible, excess, excusable, exemptible, expendable, expiable, expletive, forgivable, gratuitous, immaterial, in excess, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, inoffensive, insignificant, irrelevant, justifiable, legitimate, little, minor, minute, needless, negligible, nonessential, not vital, parceled, pardonable, petit, pleonastic, portioned out, prolix, reasonable, redundant, remissible, severable, small, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, tautologic, tautologous, technical, to spare, uncalled-for, unessential, unimpressive, unnecessary, unneeded, unnoteworthy, unobjectionable, useless, venial, verbose, vindicable, warrantable

ROGET THESAURUS

dispensable

Inutility

N inutility, uselessness, inefficacy, futility, ineptitude, inaptitude, unsubservience, inadequacy, inefficiency, unskillfulness, disservice, unfruitfulness (unproductiveness), labor in vain, labor lost, labor of Sisyphus, lost trouble, lost labor, work of Penelope, sleeveless errand, wild goose chase, mere farce, tautology, supererogation, vanitas vanitatum, vanity, inanity, worthlessness, nugacity, triviality, caput mortuum, waste paper, dead letter, blunt tool, litter, rubbish, junk, lumber, odds and ends, cast-off clothes, button top, shoddy, rags, orts, trash, refuse, sweepings, scourings, offscourings, waste, rubble, debris, detritus, stubble, leavings, broken meat, dregs, weeds, tares, rubbish heap, dust hole, rudera, deads, fruges consumere natus, useless, inutile, inefficacious, futile, unavailing, bootless, inoperative, inadequate, inservient, unsubservient, inept, inefficient, of no avail, ineffectual, incompetent, stale, flat and unprofitable, superfluous, dispensable, thrown away, abortive, worthless, valueless, priceless, unsalable, not worth a straw, dear at any price, vain, empty, inane, gainless, profitless, fruitless, unserviceable, unprofitable, ill-spent, unproductive, hors de combat, effete, past work, obsolete, fit for the dust hole, good for nothing, of no earthly use, not worth having, not worth powder and shot, leading to no end, uncalled for, unnecessary, unneeded, uselessly, to little purpose, to no purpose, to little or no purpose, Int, cui bono?, what's the good!, actum ne agas, chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin, tanto buon che val niente.