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Definition of dispensability in English:

dispensability

noun

See dispensable

  • ‘Could we develop a biological guidance system with the compliance and dispensability of a pigeon but with a man's resourcefulness and ability to infiltrate plausibly?’
  • ‘It's the sense of disposability and dispensability of the population that's ongoing and that really irks me.’
  • ‘She explores the theme of dispensability - how only some lives are worth mourning, protecting, defending and discussing.’
  • ‘Later still, Darwinists suggested the ready dispensability of the appendix proved its uselessness.’
  • ‘The modern world seems to be geared more and more towards dispensability.’

Pronunciation

dispensability

/dɪspɛnsəˈbɪlɪti/