expendable
expendable · expendables
expendible
An expendable person or objectAn expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
/ɪkˈspɛndəbəl/
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1 languagesMeaning
1 sensesAn expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.
Private Johnson was afraid the Lieutenant considered him an expendable, since he was always picked as point man.
Forms
plural: expendables| Singular | expendable |
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2 related wordsSee also
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