expendable

/ik-spen-duh-buhl/US // ɪkˈspɛn də bəl //UK // (ɪkˈspɛndəbəl) //

消耗性的,消耗性,消耗品,消耗性物质

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : capable of being expended.
- : consumed in use or not reusable.
- : considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining.
- : Military. capable of being sacrificed in order to accomplish a military objective.

n.名词 noun

adj.not important

Synonyms

The Air Force prefers “attritable” to “expendable,” but what makes a swarm work is that parts of it can be lost and the mission will still be completed.
The lives and futures of LGBTQ youth are not expendable, and it’s time that they stop being treated as such.
Drivers have no rights and there are in excess so expendable.
The Falcon 9 second stage is expendable, which is the space term for essentially just junk that’s discarded and eventually de-orbits and burns up on reentry.
Answering the threat of anti-air missiles is just one possible use for plane-launched more-expendable drones.
Because when it comes to The Expendables franchise, no plot is expendable.
“They (critics of reform) think these people are expendable,” says Simpson.
To put it bluntly: it often leads to making everything else a secondary—that is, expendable—issue.
The real danger lies in the implication that the freedom and dignity of Jews in the diaspora is somewhat of an expendable asset.
"As a result, he treats workers as expendable resources without taking into account their contributions," Stone writes.
Government property is considered expendable or non-expendable depending upon its character.

/ik-spen-duh-buhl/US // ɪkˈspɛn də bəl //UK // (ɪkˈspɛndəbəl) //

消耗性的,消耗性,消耗品,消耗性物质

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : capable of being expended.
- : consumed in use or not reusable.
- : considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining.
- : Military. capable of being sacrificed in order to accomplish a military objective.

n.名词 noun

adj.not important

Synonyms

The Air Force prefers “attritable” to “expendable,” but what makes a swarm work is that parts of it can be lost and the mission will still be completed.
The lives and futures of LGBTQ youth are not expendable, and it’s time that they stop being treated as such.
Drivers have no rights and there are in excess so expendable.
The Falcon 9 second stage is expendable, which is the space term for essentially just junk that’s discarded and eventually de-orbits and burns up on reentry.
Answering the threat of anti-air missiles is just one possible use for plane-launched more-expendable drones.
Because when it comes to The Expendables franchise, no plot is expendable.
“They (critics of reform) think these people are expendable,” says Simpson.
To put it bluntly: it often leads to making everything else a secondary—that is, expendable—issue.
The real danger lies in the implication that the freedom and dignity of Jews in the diaspora is somewhat of an expendable asset.
"As a result, he treats workers as expendable resources without taking into account their contributions," Stone writes.
Government property is considered expendable or non-expendable depending upon its character.