as in unnecessary
not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end
a new invention that renders the old methods eminently dispensable
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Recent Examples of dispensable
But last night’s halftime show painted Drake as a dispensable henchman and America as the ultimate adversary.
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Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2025
Veteran players like Anderson, Buddy Hield and Payton — ahead of both youngsters in the pecking order initially — could become more dispensable if Post and Santos carve out true roles.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Two of the year’s most read AI articles dealt with chatbots’ coding abilities, while another looked at the best way to prompt chatbots and image generators (and found that humans are dispensable).
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
Photography helped normalize lynching in the eyes of white audiences: these extrajudicial acts were captured by government officials and published without shame, as though there was no debate on who was dispensable.
—Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 16 Sep. 2024
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Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2025
Veteran players like Anderson, Buddy Hield and Payton — ahead of both youngsters in the pecking order initially — could become more dispensable if Post and Santos carve out true roles.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Two of the year’s most read AI articles dealt with chatbots’ coding abilities, while another looked at the best way to prompt chatbots and image generators (and found that humans are dispensable).
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
Photography helped normalize lynching in the eyes of white audiences: these extrajudicial acts were captured by government officials and published without shame, as though there was no debate on who was dispensable.
—Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispensable
Adjective
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Strengthening your communication skills will boost your confidence and enable you to iron out work conflicts and avoid unnecessary tensions.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The critics would say: The post-credit scene where the goat goes to another team and immediately wins the MVP felt unnecessary.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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“Dispensable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispensable. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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