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Definition of Expendability
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expendability
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. ..."