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Indispensable vs Indisposable - What's the difference?

indispensable | indisposable |

As adjectives the difference between indispensable and indisposable

is that indispensable is not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules while indisposable is not disposable.

As a noun indispensable

is a thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.

indispensable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.
  • The law was moral and indispensable . -Bp. Burnet
  • Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.
  • An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet.
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  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * dispensable

    Derived terms

    * indispensability * indispensableness * indispensably

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.
  • (in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers.
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    indisposable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not disposable.
  • Derived terms

    * indisposably

    Antonyms

    * (not disposable) disposable