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单词 dispensableness
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
dis•pen•sa•ble /dɪˈspɛnsəbəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. capable of being dispensed with;
    not necessary or essential:lots of dispensable items in the budget.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dis•pen•sa•ble  (di spen′sə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. capable of being dispensed with or done without;
    not necessary or essential.
  2. capable of being dispensed or administered:The money is not dispensable at present.
  3. Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]capable of being permitted or forgiven, as an offense or sin.
  • Medieval Latin dispēnsābilis, equivalent. to Latin dispēns(āre) to distribute by weight (see dispense) + -ābilis -able
  • 1525–35
dis•pen′sa•bil′i•ty, dis•pen′sa•ble•ness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged expendable, unnecessary; unessential, unimportant, extraneous.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dispensable /dɪˈspɛnsəbəl/ adj
  1. not essential; expendable
  2. (of a law, vow, etc) able to be relaxed

disˌpensaˈbility, disˈpensableness n
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