EXPENDABLE


Meaning of EXPENDABLE in English

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

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