DISPENSABLE


Meaning of DISPENSABLE in English

/ dɪˈspensəbl; NAmE / adjective

[ not usually before noun ] not necessary; that can be got rid of :

They looked on music and art lessons as dispensable.

OPP essential , indispensable

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent. (in the sense acceptable in special circumstances ): from medieval Latin dispensabilis , from Latin dispensare continue to weigh out or disburse, from the verb dispendere , based on pendere weigh.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.