indispensable

Definitions


[ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- absolutely necessary
(e.g: he made himself indispensable to the parish priest)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘not to be allowed or provided for by ecclesiastical dispensation’): from medieval Latin indispensabilis, from in- ‘not’ + dispensabilis (see dispensable)




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