Definition of Indispensable

1. Adjective. Not to be dispensed with; essential. "Foods indispensable to good nutrition"

Attributes: Dispensability, Dispensableness
Similar to: Critical, Vital
Also: Necessary
Antonyms: Dispensable
Derivative terms: Indispensability, Indispensableness

2. Adjective. Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary. "An indispensable worker"
Exact synonyms: Essential
Similar to: Necessary
Derivative terms: Essential, Essentialness, Indispensability, Indispensableness

3. Adjective. Unavoidable. "The routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"
Similar to: Obligatory

Definition of Indispensable

1. a. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.

Definition of Indispensable

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Indispensable

1. 1. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite. 2. Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption. "The law was moral and indispensable." (Bp. Burnet) 3. Unavoidable; inevitable. Origin: Pref. In- not + dispensable: cf. F. Indispensable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indispensable

indiscipline
indisciplined
indisciplines
indiscoverable
indiscreet
indiscreetly
indiscreetness
indiscrete
indiscretion
indiscretions
indiscriminate
indiscriminately
indiscriminating
indispensability
indispensable (current term)
indispensable (current term)
indispensableness
indispensables
indispensably
indispose
indispose
indisposed
indisposed(p)
indisposes
indisposing
indisposition
indisposition
indispositions
indisputability
indisputable

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