Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expendability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pend-abil-i-ty
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being expendable.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It is being waged through policies of expendability, which deliberately destroy jobs and production in favor of a service- and banking-based economy."
"A pell-mell disaster movie with the horror film’s belief in the expendability of sexually available women and wimpy guys, the story gallops after a divorced American father (Mr. Roth) and two Chilean acquaintances as they hook up with three young women for a Valparaíso vacation."

Etymology

From expendable + -ity or expend + -ability.

Usage

Inflected Forms

expendabilities (plural)

Questions

What does expendability mean?: The state or quality of being expendable.
Where does expendability come from?: From expendable + -ity or expend + -ability.

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