Indispensable Definition

ĭndĭ-spĕnsə-bəl
adjective
That cannot be dispensed with or neglected.
Webster's New World
That cannot be omitted; absolutely necessary or required.
Webster's New World
Obligatory; unavoidable.
The routine but indispensable ceremonies of state.
American Heritage

(of duties, rules etc.) Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored. [from 17th c.]

The law was moral and indispensable. -Bp. Burnet.
Wiktionary
noun
An indispensable person or thing.
Webster's New World

A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity. [from 17th c.]

Wiktionary

(in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers. [from 19th c.]

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Other Word Forms of Indispensable

Noun

Singular:
indispensable
Plural:
indispensables

Origin of Indispensable

  • From Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensabilis, corresponding to in- +‎ dispensable.

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