Associations to the word «Expendable»

Wiktionary

EXPENDABLE, adjective. Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
EXPENDABLE, adjective. Designed for a single use; not reusable.
EXPENDABLE, adjective. Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
EXPENDABLE, adjective. That which is regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
EXPENDABLE, noun. An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.

Dictionary definition

EXPENDABLE, adjective. Suitable to be expended.
EXPENDABLE, adjective. (used of funds) remaining after taxes; "spendable income".

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche