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uhrattavissa oleva, uhrattava
Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
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Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.
Designed for a single use; not reusable.
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The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.
Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
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The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.
Regarded as not worth preserve preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
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In the internecine rivalries of large corporations, whole departments may become expendable in the execution of one executives power play.''
An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.
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Private Johnson was afraid the Lieutenant considered him an expendable, since he was always picked as point man.
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