disposable

From dispos(e) +‎ -able.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpəʊzəbl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpoʊzəbl̩/

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• Hyphenation: dis‧pos‧a‧ble

disposable (comparative more disposable, superlative most disposable)

1. That can be disposed of.
2. That is designed to be discarded rather than reused, refilled or repaired.

   Rather than purchase an expensive razor he bought a packet of cheap disposable ones.

   • 2019 December 16, Amy Woodyatt, “3,600-year-old disposable cup shows even our ancestors hated doing dishes”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     A disposable cup sits in a museum gallery, fully intact even after being cast aside thousands of years ago.

3. Available to be used; at one's disposal.

   disposable income

• (being intended for a single use): single-use, throwaway

• non-disposable, nondisposable, undisposable, indisposable

disposable (plural disposables)

1. Any object that is designed to be disposed of, rather than refilled or repaired.
   • 2010, Kathleen Huggins, The Expectant Parents' Companion, page 88:

     Parents who use cloth diapers often use disposables for travel, nights, or both.

   • 2016 January 14, Jessica Hall, “Nanoengineers build 'microcannons' that fire light-up bullets filled with drugs”, in ExtremeTech‎^[2]:

     Durable goods can be cost-effective but make great disease vectors, and disposables like syringes and needles can be a problem in the poorest places, where there's desperate need of vaccines for diseases like polio. That's where the UCSD scientists come in.

   1. A disposable vaporizer, as for nicotine or a concentrate of cannabis (THC).

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