expendable

Example Sentences

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Tech billionaires looking to burnish their image seem to believe that the work ethic is an expendable feature of a free-market society.

From The Wall Street Journal

Especially now, workers are better off at companies with track records of advancing their employees’ careers, rather than those treating workers as expendable, said Rajiv Chandrasekaran, a managing director at the Schultz Family Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Atacms stands for Army Tactical Missile System, while Himars is an acronym for High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, an Army truck that carries expendable pods of rockets or missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Both players are aging and expendable and it seems like the Dodgers would be fine without them.

From Los Angeles Times

The man from the future doesn’t have a plan — and worse, he considers himself the only person who isn’t expendable.

From Los Angeles Times