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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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
And if the investors are right, LangChain could become the indispensable layer powering the agent era—just as CrowdStrike and Datadog did for the last generation of infrastructure.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Against all odds and geographic reasoning, the Jaguars have become an indispensable part of British culture.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Rare earth metals are indispensable to modern life, forming the backbone of smartphones, electric vehicles, wind turbines, and advanced optics.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 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 24 Oct. 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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