expendable
/ɪkˈspɛndəbəl/
adjective
- Not worth keeping or saving; able to be used up or sacrificed without serious consequences.
- In a tight budget, office supplies are often seen as expendable items.
- The company treated temporary workers as expendable, letting them go whenever profits fell.
- The soldiers knew their mission was dangerous and that they might be considered expendable.
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noun
- A person or thing that is considered not worth keeping or saving.
- In the movie, the team of criminals were all expendables sent on a suicide mission.
- During the war, old equipment was treated as an expendable and replaced quickly.
- The manager viewed the interns as expendables, giving them the least important tasks.