disposable

Speech parts

1. disposable - Noun

2. disposable - Adjective

Meaning

Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

throwaway single-use consumable expendable needless free hand available open clear paper liquid accessible excessive optional
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Antonyms

nondisposable central common necessary needed critical
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Hypernyms

item

Phrases with the word

disposable diaper disposable handkerchief disposable lenses disposable lens disposable mask disposable infantry

Examples

Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life. John Howard

We lament the speed of our society and the lack of depth and the nature of disposable information. David Ogden Stiers

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling. Neil LaBute

As elsewhere in his writing, Vidal gives the impression of believing that the entire heterosexual edifice - registry offices, Romeo and Juliet, the disposable diaper - is just a sorry story of self-hypnosis and mass hysteria: a hoax, a racket, or sheer propaganda. Martin Amis

With the Internet, bands can come and go every five minutes and the music looks disposable. Bruce Dickinson

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art. Questlove

Close letter words and terms

disporting disportment disposability disposable commodity disposable device disposable diaper