Associations to the word «Indispensable»

Wiktionary

INDISPENSABLE, adjective. (ecclesiastical) (obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. [16th-17th c.]
INDISPENSABLE, adjective. (of duties, rules etc.) Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored. [from 17th c.]
INDISPENSABLE, adjective. Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without. [from 17th c.]
INDISPENSABLE, noun. A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity. [from 17th c.]
INDISPENSABLE, noun. (in the plural) (colloquial) (dated) Trousers. [from 19th c.]
INDISPENSABLE NATION, noun. The one nation that supposedly keeps the world affairs in check via its economic and military clout

Dictionary definition

INDISPENSABLE, adjective. Not to be dispensed with; essential; "foods indispensable to good nutrition".
INDISPENSABLE, adjective. Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker".
INDISPENSABLE, adjective. Unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley