dispensable
Example Sentences
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I supported myself as a freelance designer before I got married, but after marriage, Francis’s career took off quickly and made my earnings dispensable.
His approach is straightforward: center the writing without pretending the life is dispensable.
Matthew Mott was dispensable enough to take the fall for the previous failures but Brendon McCullum, given the keys to all England sides to mould as he pleases until 2027, is not.
From BBC
"Decision makers are content to let this continue. To them, Palestinians are dispensable."
From BBC
“It is very shocking that such a large collection at a wealthy university would be deemed dispensable,” said Regina Baucom, a plant geneticist at the University of Michigan.
From New York Times
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