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Definition of Indispensable

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

2. Adjective. Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary. "An indispensable worker"

3. Adjective. Unavoidable. "The routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"

Definition of Indispensable

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

Definition of Indispensable

1. Adjective. (ecclesiastical obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. (defdate 16th-17th c.) ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of duties, rules etc.) Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

3. Adjective. Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

4. Noun. A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

5. Noun. (context: in the plural colloquial dated) Trousers. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indispensable

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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

indiscrete indiscretions indiscriminant indiscriminantly indiscriminate indiscriminately indiscriminateness indiscriminating indiscriminatingly indiscrimination

indiscriminative indiscussed indiscussible indispensability indispensable (current term) indispensableness indispensables indispensably indispensible indispersed

indisposable indispose indisposed indisposed(p) indisposedness indisposes indisposing indisposition indispositions

Literary usage of Indispensable

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

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... to accomplish the same purpose, evidently regarding a compliance with the requirement that "the vessel must be closed" as an indispensable condition. ..."

2. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1903)
"Yes, he will be absolutely indispensable." XIX. " Such then will be the principles of our system of education and discipline; for why should we go into ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"It was said that the power to grant an exclusive privilege must be expressly given, or, if inferred from other powers, must be indispensable to them, ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1903)
"... but It seems to be, In general, not indispensable. Its purpose is to acquaint the defendant with tbe grounds on which he Is to be proceeded against; ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"We perceive then that the fundamental problems of sidereal science are closely linked up with the elementary and indispensable procedures ..."

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