indispensable
adjective
in·dis·pens·able
ˌin-di-ˈspen(t)-sə-bəl 
1
: absolutely necessary : essential
an indispensable member of the staff
2
: not subject to being set aside or neglected
an indispensable obligation
indispensable
noun
Examples of indispensable in a Sentence
fully aware that he was an indispensable assistant, he decided that it was high time that he be paid what he was worth
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Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
This book is indispensable to understanding not just the thinking of Savarkar’s time but also the intellectual currents shaping modern India.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Content oversight and quality assurance provided by Studio 1847
In an economically uncertain world, where workers are becoming more mobile and the rate of change is rapid because of technology, mobile offices, building trailers and portable classrooms are increasingly becoming indispensable.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
However, human expertise continues to be indispensable for high-stakes areas such as fraud detection despite AI technological progress.
—Jitender Jain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for indispensable
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“Indispensable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indispensable. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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indispensable
adjective
in·dis·pens·able
ˌin-dis-ˈpen(t)-sə-bəl
: absolutely necessary : essential
an indispensable employee
Legal Definition
indispensable
adjective
in·dis·pen·sa·ble
ˌin-di-ˈspen-sə-bəl
: having rights so connected to the claims of the parties to an action that the action cannot be adjudicated without affecting those rights see also indispensable party at party
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