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English Dictionary: indispensable	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indispensable adj not to be dispensed with; essential; "foods indispensable to good nutrition" Antonym(s): dispensable absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker" Synonym(s): essential, indispensable unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indispensable \In`dispen"sable\, a. [Pref. in- not + dispensable: cf. F. indispensable.] 1. Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite. 2. (Eccl.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption. [R.] The law was moral and indispensable. --Bp. Burnet. 3. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] --Fuller.