expendable

Example Sentences

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Someone was going to be traded or bought out, and at 24 years old, Yamamoto was more attractive than the other rumored, older, expendable player.

From Seattle Times

Hayes also was expendable because the Flyers are under new management led by general manager Danny Briere and are in the midst of a rebuilding process.

From Washington Times

Those they have captured so far are poorly trained troops, including former convicts, suggesting that Russia had deployed more fighters it considered more expendable near the front while keeping more capable ones in reserve.

From New York Times

They called themselves the “Golden Misfits,” rallying around the fact they’d been considered expendable and were left available in the expansion draft that stocked the Golden Knights’ initial roster.

From Los Angeles Times

In Europe, importers or producers of solar panels are responsible for disposing of them when they become expendable.

From BBC