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indispensable

[in-di-spen-suh-buhl]

adjective

  1. absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite.

    an indispensable member of the staff.

    Synonyms:
  2. incapable of being disregarded or neglected.

    an indispensable obligation.



noun

  1. a person or thing that is indispensable.

indispensable

/ ˌɪԻɪˈɛԲəə /

adjective

  1. absolutely necessary; essential

  2. not to be disregarded or escaped

    an indispensable role

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an indispensable person or thing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • indispensability noun
  • indispensableness noun
  • indispensably adverb
  • ˌԻ徱ˌԲˈٲ noun
  • ˌԻ徱ˈԲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of indispensable1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Medieval Latin Ի徱ŧԲ “not subject to dispensation.” See in- 3, dispensable
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Patience and foresight are underappreciated, but indispensable virtues of constitutional government.

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While the original strategy was to make Taiwan indispensable in this area of critical technology, the pandemic supply chain difficulties changed the calculus because relying on a single country seemed like a greater risk.

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Genuine religious faith is often indispensable to resisting concentrations of unjust power in a republic, as it was in America’s civil rights movement.

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Genuine religious faith is often indispensable to resisting concentrations of unjust power in a republic, as it was in America's civil rights movement.

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Despite shifting global priorities and a hands-off posture at first, the US ultimately stepped in as the indispensable mediator between South Asia's nuclear rivals.

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