dispensable.
Able to be done without; easily replaced.
Meaning & usage
Able to be done without; easily replaced.
Capable of being dispensed.
Subject to dispensation; possible to relax, exempt from, or annul.
Not essential to be taken in as part of an organism's diet, as it can be synthesized de novo.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English dispense Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dispensable From dispense + -able.
Something that can reasonably be dispensed with; something unnecessary.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English dispense Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dispensable From dispense + -able.
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