Adjective: expendable ik'spen-du-bul
- Not inexhaustible; not reusable, designed for a single use
"The spacecraft's expendable fuel tanks were jettisoned after launch"
- (used of funds) remaining after taxes
"expendable income";
- spendable
- Able to be deliberately sacrificed to achieve an objective
"The pawn was expendable in order to protect the queen";
- sacrificeable
See also: consumable, disposable, replaceable
Antonym: unexpendable
Encyclopedia: Expendable