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DISPENSABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality possessed by something that you can get along without
Synonyms:
dispensability; dispensableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("dispensableness" is a kind of...):
inessentiality (not of basic importance)
Attribute:
dispensable (capable of being dispensed with or done without)
indispensable (not to be dispensed with; essential)
Antonym:
indispensableness (the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without)
Derivation:
dispensable (capable of being dispensed with or done without)
