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Meaning of expendability | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The state or quality of being expendable.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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