"expendability" meaning in English

See expendability in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: expendabilities [plural]
Etymology: From expendable + -ity or expend + -ability. Etymology templates: {{af|en|expendable|-ity}} expendable + -ity, {{af|en|expend|-ability}} expend + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} expendability (countable and uncountable, plural expendabilities)
  1. The state or quality of being expendable. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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