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Word: indispensable (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without. from 17th c.
  • ecclesiastical|obsolete Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. 16th-17th c.
  • Of rules, duties etc: unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored. from 17th c.

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Noun:

  • A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity. from 17th c.
  • in plural|colloquial|dated Trousers. from 19th c.

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