dispensable
adjective/dɪˈspensəbl/
/dɪˈspensəbl/
[not usually before noun]- not necessary; that can be got rid of
- They looked on music and art lessons as dispensable.
Word Originearly 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’.Want to learn more?
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