Definition of Expendability

1. Noun. The state or quality of being expendable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expendability

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expendability

expellee
expellees
expellent
expellents
expeller
expellers
expelleth
expelling
expellings
expels
expence
expences
expencive
expend
expendabilities
expendability (current term)
expendable
expendables
expended
expender
expenders
expending
expenditures
expends
expense account
expense record
expensed
expenseful

Literary usage of Expendability

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"The contrast between what we had been led to expect in the way of "expendability" and what actually happened for this mission was stupefying.10 We got ..."

2. The Legitimacy of International Organizations by Jean-Marc Coicaud (2001)
"... share a commitment to the expendability of concrete lives in abstract causes to which maternal thinking is inherently opposed. Ruddick claims that this ..."

3. Korea: Progress in Implementing Regulatory Reform by Oecd (2007)
"While employers prefer this expendability, non-regular workers create equity and efficiency concerns. These workers are paid 20% to 27% less than regular ..."

4. WMD Machete by Mark Plimsoll (2006)
"There's too many men on the planet, so as a resource, their value comes from their expendability. Every time one man whacks off, his ejaculate could ..."

5. Decision-Maker's Guide to Solid-Waste Managementby Philip R. O'Leary by Philip R. O'Leary (1999)
"Design for flexibility and expendability. Doors Number of openings depends on number of trucks unloading per hour at a peak or compromise time. ..."

6. Military Bases: Analysis of DoD’s Recommendations & Selection Process for by Harry E. Taylor, George O. Morse, David A. Schmidt (2004)
"... peer group based on several critical areas such as essentially of mission, suitability of location, operational efficiency and expendability of mission. ..."

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