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expendable

adjective as in not important

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Because when it comes to The Expendables franchise, no plot is expendable.

“They (critics of reform) think these people are expendable,” says Simpson.

To put it bluntly: it often leads to making everything else a secondary—that is, expendable—issue.

The real danger lies in the implication that the freedom and dignity of Jews in the diaspora is somewhat of an expendable asset.

"As a result, he treats workers as expendable resources without taking into account their contributions," Stone writes.

Government property is considered expendable or non-expendable depending upon its character.

Meanwhile I shall study your sales tapes concerning the non-expendable flitters.

From a practical standpoint, however, anything that James contracted for was expendable and of vital necessity.

He's taking the rap for another man because he knows that he is expendable and the other man isn't.

Furthermore, there seems to be some non-expendable items that can't be accounted for, a couple of major items among them.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to expendable, such as: disposable, superfluous, unimportant, dispensable, excess, and inessential.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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