Definizione monolingua

expendable

expendable (plural expendables)

1. An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.

   Private Johnson was afraid the Lieutenant considered him an expendable, since he was always picked as point man.

expendable (comparative more expendable, superlative most expendable)

1. Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.

   Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.

2. Designed for a single use; not reusable.

   The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.

3. Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.

   The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.

4. That which is regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.

   In the internecine rivalries of large corporations, whole departments may become expendable in the execution of one executives power play.

Definizione dizionario expendable

	superfluo
	Able to be done without.

sacrificabile

Altri significati:

Able to be expended; not inexhaustible

That which is regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.

That which is regarded as not worth preserving or saving

Designed for a single use; not reusable

An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.

Designed for a single use; not reusable.

Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.

Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.