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expendable

adjective as in not important

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Like its predecessor, Ariane-5, the new model is expendable - a new rocket is needed for every mission, whereas the latest American vehicles are being built to be wholly or partially reusable.

From BBC

Also seen as expendable is Boeing’s participation in the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture it formed with Lockheed Martin in 2006.

I am therefore able to use my expendable income to help out my friends with children and to populate my wardrobe with the clothes I never imagined existed when I was 20.

Like its predecessor, Ariane-5, the new model is expendable - a new rocket is needed for every mission, whereas the latest American vehicles are being built to be wholly or partially reusable.

From BBC

They and their families are expendable indentured servants on a rock enrobed in perpetual darkness.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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