Nonexpendable vs. Expendable — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nonexpendable and Expendable
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Nonexpendable
Not expendable.
Expendable
Expendable is a science fiction novel by the Canadian author James Alan Gardner, published in 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers under its various imprints. It is the first book in a series involving the "League of Peoples", an assemblage of advanced species in the Milky Way galaxy.
Expendable
Subject to use or consumption
An expendable source.
Expendable
Not worth salvaging or reusing
Expendable rocket boosters.
Expendable
Not strictly necessary; dispensable
An expendable budget item.
Expendable personnel.
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Expendable
Open to sacrifice in the interests of gaining an objective, especially a military one
Expendable civilian targets.
Expendable
Something expendable.
Expendable
Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.
Expendable
Designed for a single use; not reusable.
The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.
Expendable
Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.
Expendable
Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
In the internecine rivalries of large corporations, whole departments may become expendable in the execution of one executive's power play.
Expendable
An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.
Private Johnson was afraid the Lieutenant considered him an expendable, since he was always picked as point man.
Expendable
Suitable to be expended
Expendable
(used of funds) remaining after taxes;
Spendable income
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