adjective
- able to be sacrificed or given up without significant loss; not essential
- designed to be used once and then discarded
noun
- a person considered to be of little importance and easily replaced
Usage: often plural
Examples
- The company viewed junior employees as expendable during budget cuts.
- Military leaders sometimes make difficult decisions about expendable resources.
- These expendable supplies can be thrown away after one use.
- The spy knew he was expendable if the mission went wrong.
- Expendable rockets are destroyed during launch and not recovered.
- The team treated the new recruits like expendables.
- In wartime, certain equipment is considered expendable.