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expendable

[ik-spen-duh-buhl] / ɪkˈspɛn də bəl /


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The U.S.—long reliant on expensive fighting kit and extended processes—is trying to catch up, shifting to a starkly new era marked by nimble, relatively cheap and expendable equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The impression I’m getting is I’m not important, I’m not better, I’m expendable.”

From MarketWatch

The director has hinged his career on big swings, and “After the Hunt” might be his biggest yet: An unrelenting, puzzling and star-studded study of power and those deemed expendable in its pursuit.

From Salon

One goal for the task force is to try to offset the loss of expensive MQ-9 Reaper drones with cheap, expendable systems, she said at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are no human characters in “Badlands,” only expendable mechanical representatives of a megacorporation bent on bringing the known universe to heel.

From Salon