dispensable
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /dɪsˈpɛnsəbəl/, [dɪsˈpʰɛnsəbɫ̩], [-bəɫ]
dispensable
- Able to be done without; able to be expended; easily replaced.
- Capable of being dispensed; distributable.
- 2006, Pamela Lewis, Achieving Best Behavior for Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Carers, Jessica Kingsley Publsihers (2006), ISBN 9781843108092, page 132 ↗:
- The reward could be a preferred food, a sticker, blowing some bubbles, a noisemaker the child enjoys, a pat on the back, or some other easily dispensable reward that does not take the child away from the task at hand for more than a moment or two.
- 2006, Pamela Lewis, Achieving Best Behavior for Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Carers, Jessica Kingsley Publsihers (2006), ISBN 9781843108092, page 132 ↗:
- (of a law, rule, vow, etc.) Subject to dispensation; possible to relax, exempt from, or annul.
- (biochemistry, nutrition, of an amino acid) Not essential to be taken in as part of an organism's diet, as it can be synthesized de novo.
- 2008, Marie Dunford & J. Andrew Doyle, Nutrition for Sport and Exercise, Thomson Wadsworth (2008), ISBN 9780495014836, page 161 ↗:
- The difference in absorption rate is not surprising since whey has a high percentage of indispensable amino acids, which are absorbed more rapidly than dispensable amino acids.
- 2008, Marie Dunford & J. Andrew Doyle, Nutrition for Sport and Exercise, Thomson Wadsworth (2008), ISBN 9780495014836, page 161 ↗:
- French: facultatif
- German: entbehrlich, verzichtbar, überflüssig, abkömmlich
- Portuguese: dispensável
- Spanish: prescindible
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