expendability

English

Etymology

From expendable +‎ -ity or expend +‎ -ability.

Noun

expendability (countable and uncountable, plural expendabilities)

  1. The state or quality of being expendable.
    • 1981 March 6, John Pilger, “OUT-THATCHERING HER”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      It is being waged through policies of expendability, which deliberately destroy jobs and production in favor of a service- and banking-based economy.
    • 2013 May 9, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Civilization Comes Crashing Down”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      A pell-mell disaster movie with the horror film’s belief in the expendability of sexually available women and wimpy guys, the story gallops after a divorced American father (Mr. Roth) and two Chilean acquaintances as they hook up with three young women for a Valparaíso vacation.
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