transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪkspendəb(ə)l ]
If you regard someone or something as expendable , you think it is acceptable to get rid of them, abandon them, or allow them to be destroyed when they are no longer needed. ( FORMAL )
Once our services cease to be useful to them, we’re expendable...
During the recession, training budgets were seen as an expendable luxury.
ADJ