DISPENSABLE Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

dispensable

adjective

di-ˈspen(t)-sə-bəl

Definition of dispensable

as in unnecessary

not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end a new invention that renders the old methods eminently dispensable

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Recent Examples of dispensable But something important gets lost when executives look at that reality and conclude that management itself is dispensable. — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2026 Many people are trying to protect themselves from becoming dispensable as the role of AI expands in the workplace, said Erik Brynjolfsson, an economics professor at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. — Annie Nova, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026 Takeoff is booster assisted, and landing is achieved with parachutes combined with dispensable airbags. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025 These children are cannon fodder, dispensable pawns in someone else’s war. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dispensable

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unnecessary

Adjective

Even with an unnecessary roughness penalty in the fourth, Shelley made his reps count, making five tackles and breaking up a deep pass from Rams quarterback Ty Simpson intended for Tyler Scott.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
That is true, but making costly and unnecessary wars harder to start belongs in the credit column, not the debit one.

— JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

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