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   dispensable

   /dɪˈspɛnsəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. able to be replaced or done without; superfluous: "the captain's loss of form made him dispensable"
   • ▪ (of a law or other rule) not mandatory but susceptible of being waived in special cases.

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘permissible in special circumstances’): from medieval Latin dispensabilis, from Latin dispensare (see dispense).

   Derivatives

   • 1. dispensability noun

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