expendability

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noun

The state or quality of being expendable.

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Meanings

nounexpendability (countable and uncountable, plural expendabilities)

plural expendabilities

  1. countableuncountableThe state or quality of being expendable.

    It is being waged through policies of expendability, which deliberately destroy jobs and production in favor of a service- and banking-based economy.

    1981 March 6, John Pilger, “OUT-THATCHERING HER”, in The New York Times
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    A pell-mell disaster movie with the horror film’s belief in the expendability of sexually available women and wimpy guys, the story gallops after a divorced American father (Mr. Roth) and two Chilean acquaintances as they hook up with three young women for a Valparaíso vacation.

    2013 May 9, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Civilization Comes Crashing Down”, in The New York Times

Origin

From expendable + -ity or expend + -ability.

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APA

expendability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expendability

MLA

“expendability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expendability. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expendability,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expendability.

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