indispensability en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The characteristic of being indispensable.
In thinly-peopled spots, I have known brick-layers on tramp, coming up with bricklayers at work, to be so sensible of the indispensability of lookers-on, that they themselves have sat up in that capacity, and have been unable to subside into the acceptance of a proffered share in the job, for two or three days together.
1869, Charles Dickens, chapter 11, in The Uncommercial Traveller:
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(countable, uncountable) Something indispensable.
Beetle: Yes, I am certain I can be helpful. Indispensable! Monkey: In what way? [Beetle displays his ability with bow and arrow, firing multiple arrows on the same spot] […] Beetle: Just tell me of our quest, and I will immediately demonstrate my numerous indispensabilities.
2016, Kubo and the Two Strings (movie)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| indispensabilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Quine-Putnam indispensability argument
Synonyms
Translations (14)
de Unverzichtbarkeit (the characteristic of being indispensable) · es indispensabilidad (the characteristic of being indispensable) · hi अपरिहार्यता (the characteristic of being indispensable) · de Unentbehrlichkeit (the characteristic of being indispensable) · da uundværlighed (the characteristic of being indispensable) · pl nieodzowność (the characteristic of being indispensable) · fr indispensabilité (the characteristic of being indispensable) · sv oundgänglighet (the characteristic of being indispensable) · ro indispensabilitate (the characteristic of being indispensable) · hu nélkülözhetetlenség (the characteristic of being indispensable) · it indispensabilità (the characteristic of being indispensable) · sv oumbärlighet (the characteristic of being indispensable) · ca indispensabilitat (the characteristic of being indispensable) · et asendamatus (the characteristic of being indispensable)