dispensability

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dis·pens·a·ble

(dĭ-spĕn′sə-bəl)

adj.

1. Not essential; unimportant: dispensable items of personal property.

2. Capable of being dispensed, administered, or distributed: dispensable drugs.

3. Subject to dispensation, as a vow or church law.

dis·pens′a·bil′i·ty, dis·pens′a·ble·ness n.

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Noun

dispensability - the quality possessed by something that you can get along without

dispensableness

inessentiality - not of basic importance

indispensability, indispensableness, vitalness - the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without

Translations

dispensability

n → Entbehrlichkeit f

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