English-Finnish translations for expendable

• arvoton
• ehtyvä
• epäolennainen
• kertakäyttö-
• kertakäyttöinen
• kertakäyttötavara
• rajallinen
  Kiintiö asiakasta kohti on rajallinen.
  Oleskelutila on rajallinen.
• uhrattavissa oleva

Definition of expendable

• Able to be expended; not inexhaustible
• Designed for a single use; not reusable
• Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal
• Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed
• An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural

Synonyms

• exhaustible
• finite
• limited
• dispensable
• disposable
• throwaway
• adjunct
• dispensable
• redundant
• superfluous
• collateral
• inconsiderable
• sacrificable
• worthless

Examples

• Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.
• The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.
• The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.
• In the internecine rivalries of large corporations, whole departments may become expendable in the execution of one executives power play
• Private Johnson was afraid the Lieutenant considered him an expendable, since he was always picked as point man.

Related words

• expend
• expenditure
• unexpended
• expendable launch vehicle
• expendable launcher
• household final consumption expenditure (HFCE
• capital expenditure
• capital expenditures
• household expenditure