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Definition of Dispensableness
1. Noun. The quality possessed by something that you can get along without.
Generic synonyms: Inessentiality
Attributes: Dispensable, Indispensable
Derivative terms: Dispensable, Dispensable
Antonyms: Indispensability, Indispensableness
Definition of Dispensableness
1. n. Quality of being dispensable.
Definition of Dispensableness
1. Noun. The quality of being dispensable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dispensableness
Literary usage of Dispensableness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1873)
"For the complete dispensableness of the string and chalk- line does not prove
its absolute indifference and ineffectiveness; and, on the other hand, ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1873)
"... complete dispensableness of the string and chalk- line does not prove its
absolute indifférence and ineffectiveness ; and, on the other hand, ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1909)
"He says most impressively when speaking of the in- dispensableness of the straight
line (and I subscribe to every word it) : "All things in mathematics have ..."
4. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1915)
"... had obtained evidence of the dispensableness of true fats for growth of rats.
Our foods for these experiments may presumably be designated as fat-free, ..."
5. The Works of William E. Channing by William Ellery Channing (1845)
"It is a remark of great importance, that the moral danger, to which we are exposed
by self-love, arises from the very in- dispensableness of this principle, ..."
6. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"... and they give positive evidence of the dispensableness of true fats for growth."
23. McCollum and Davis Discover the Unique Dietary Properties of Butter ..."
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