On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Expendable. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as consumable or replaceable and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Expendable meaning
- Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
- Designed for a single use; not reusable.
- Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
Synonyms of Expendable
Using Expendable
- The main meaning on this page is: Able to be expended; not inexhaustible. | Designed for a single use; not reusable. | Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
- Useful related words include: consumable, sacrificeable, replaceable, unexpendable.
- In the example corpus, expendable often appears in combinations such as: as expendable, expendable launch, are expendable.
Context around Expendable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Expendable
- In this selection, "expendable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, non, categories, became, processes, mold and casting stand out and add context to how "expendable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fully expendable version of and and non expendable casting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "expendable" sits close to words such as adil, agra and amicably, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with expendable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All individual humans are expendable. (5 words)
If her spokespeople flub, they are scapegoats and very much expendable. (11 words)
Bey’s versatility, in particular, might make Craig (a restricted free agent) expendable. (13 words)
The lower-tier Nomus are used to carry out expendable attacks whereas the more powerful higher-tier Noums go head-to-head with the heroes as they are seen to be more durable and some are even able to regenerate themselves even after being heavily injured. (46 words)
Shipley became expendable in Pittsburgh the next year after the Steelers drafted center Maurkice Pouncey in the first round, but he went on to start 72 of the 110 NFL games he played in elsewhere before a neck injury ended his career. (42 words)
When the Ariane 6 hit development delays, ESA decided in 2022 to move Hera to the Falcon 9. In order to get more performance out of the spacecraft, they will be using a fully expendable version of the Falcon 9 rocket. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Non-expendable mold casting The permanent molding process Non-expendable mold casting differs from expendable processes in that the mold need not be reformed after each production cycle.
In non-expendable processes, these allowances are imparted directly into the permanent mold, but in expendable mold processes they are imparted into the patterns, which later form the mold cavity.
The modern casting process is subdivided into two main categories: expendable and non-expendable casting.
This is so that the casting can be released in non-expendable processes or the pattern can be released from the mold without destroying the mold in expendable processes.
If her spokespeople flub, they are scapegoats and very much expendable.
It can carry up to 150 metric tons of reusable and 250 tons of expendable weight.
Just a gentle reminder from corporate America that you're more expendable than you think.
Shipley became expendable in Pittsburgh the next year after the Steelers drafted center Maurkice Pouncey in the first round, but he went on to start 72 of the 110 NFL games he played in elsewhere before a neck injury ended his career.
The anime also has quite a bit of action that comes with the added bonus of uncertainty since most of the characters feel expendable.
The film will see starring as Mickey Barnes, an expendable employee sent to outer space on a mission to colonize a new world.
The lower-tier Nomus are used to carry out expendable attacks whereas the more powerful higher-tier Noums go head-to-head with the heroes as they are seen to be more durable and some are even able to regenerate themselves even after being heavily injured.
Wild how many people there are in the comments, carrying water for cheap billionaires who see humans as expendable.
And the fact that we have a gigantic minor-league system; we have a draft every single year; it makes players expendable.
But unlike the Super Heavy-Starship, the SLS is a throw-away, expendable booster expected to cost more than $2 billion each through the first several flights.
Dylan Cook and Spencer Anderson made Kevin Dotson and Kendrick Green expendable a year ago.
They were a new kind of 'expendable' for Gottlieb – mostly drug users and petty criminals who wouldn't be missed and wouldn't complain.
Unlike American or Israeli drones — expensive and intended for complex missions — the Shahed 136 is cheap and expendable.
When the Ariane 6 hit development delays, ESA decided in 2022 to move Hera to the Falcon 9. In order to get more performance out of the spacecraft, they will be using a fully expendable version of the Falcon 9 rocket.
All individual humans are expendable.
Bey’s versatility, in particular, might make Craig (a restricted free agent) expendable.
Common combinations with expendable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as expendable 7×
- expendable launch 6×
- are expendable 5×
- in expendable 4×
- expendable and 4×
- became expendable 4×
- more expendable 3×
- an expendable 3×
- is expendable 3×
- were expendable 3×