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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDispensable
/dɪˈspɛn.sə.bəl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Able to be replaced or done without; unnecessary or superfluous.
"During the corporate restructuring, many middle management positions were deemed dispensable." - 2
Capable of being dispensed or exempted from a rule or law.
"The strict regulation contained a dispensable clause under emergency circumstances."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin word 'dispensabilis', meaning capable of being managed or distributed, stemming from the verb 'dispensare'. It entered Middle English in the 15th century via Old French, gradually shifting from its ecclesiastical sense of granting dispensations to its modern secular meaning of being unnecessary or able to be spared.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dispensable" is said worldwide
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dispensable
Transliteration: /dispɑ̃sabl/
"Ces mesures de sécurité ne sont pas dispensables."
entbehrlich
Transliteration: /ɛntˈbɛːɐ̯lɪç/
"Er betrachtete diese zusätzlichen Kosten als völlig entbehrlich."
dispensabile
Transliteration: /dispensabile/
"Molti dettagli del progetto erano del tutto dispensabili."
prescindible
Transliteration: /pɾesindibled/
"Ningún miembro del equipo es verdaderamente prescindible."
dispensável
Transliteration: /dĩspẽˈsɐvɛw/
"Ele considerava aquele equipamento dispensável para a tarefa."
अनावश्यक
Transliteration: /anavashyak/
"इस परियोजना में कई चीजें अनावश्यक थीं।"
可有可无的
Transliteration: /kě yǒu kě wú de/
"在这个职位上，没有任何人是可有可无的。"
없어도 되는
Transliteration: /eopseo-do doeneun/
"그는 회사의 인력 구조조정에서 자신이 없어도 되는 존재가 아니길 바랐다."
なくてもよい
Transliteration: /nakute mo yoi/
"その古い資料は今の仕事にはなくてもよいものだ。"
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