NSW Opportunity Class

Learn “Indispensable”

A free exam-vocabulary guide with a precise meaning, natural context and a memory connection that makes the word easier to retrieve.

First featured

OCDaily read

NSW Opportunity Class

Indispensable

adjective/in-diss-PEN-suh-bul/

Meaning

So necessary that you cannot manage without it.

In context

Her calm leadership made her indispensable to the whole team.

Remember it

In- (not) + dispensable — you cannot dispense with it, cannot do without it.

Use it well

Use it for people or things you absolutely cannot do without; stronger than 'useful'.