Expendable

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Expendable

Adjective

  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. 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 executive's power play."

Noun

  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."

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