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What is the adjective for expend?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb expense which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

expendable
  1. Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
  2. Designed for a single use; not reusable.
  3. Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
  4. Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. disposable, replaceable, throwaway, consumable, discardable, dispensable, sacrificable, usable, single-use, one use, able to be sacrificed, one-use, biodegradable, plastic, paper, photodegradable, compostable, nonreturnable, decomposable, non-returnable, single-trip, nonrefundable, inessential, unnecessary, redundant, unneeded, superfluous, unessential, nonessential, extraneous, excess, unimportant, worthless, collateral, inconsiderable, not required, non-essential, not essential, needless, useless, gratuitous, unwanted, unrequired, uncalled-for, excessive, optional, surplus, irrelevant … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “They continued in this manner as we crossed into Central Park, where tourists drank overpriced coffee in expendable cups.”
      “The art of collective bargaining involves the identification of expendable issues as well as those that are important.”
expensive
  1. Having a high price or cost.
  2. (computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. costly, pricey, dear, premium, exorbitant, pricy, extortionate, overpriced, valuable, steep, spendy, excessive, immoderate, high, stiff, inordinate, rich, splurgy, high-priced, high-end, high-cost, big-ticket, high-ticket, big-budget, sky-high, costing a bomb, costing the earth, daylight robbery, at a premium, costing an arm and a leg, worth its weight in gold, worth a king's ransom, more than one can afford, high-dollar, cost-prohibitive, extravagant, ultraexpensive, priceless, precious, unreasonable, prohibitive, inflated, lavish, unaffordable, over the odds, outrageous, upmarket, highly priced, preposterous, criminal … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “It was an expensive treatment, but one that was necessary.”
      “She organized a dinner party at an expensive restaurant to celebrate her 40th birthday.”
      “The event will be timed and, in the event of a tie, the most expensive mountain bike will be deemed the winner.”
expenseful
  1. Full of expense; costly; chargeable.
expended
  1. Spent; used up; exhausted.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. consumed, depleted, spent, used, exhausted, finished, used up, disbursed, drained, gone, dissipated, emptied, paid out, paid, played-out, washed-up, lost, down the drain, thrown away, played out, burnt out, empty, bare, impoverished, squandered, destitute, sapped, dry, void, vacant, bankrupt, all gone, at an end, tired, fatigued, weary, pooped, knackered, beat, wearied, bushed, dead, worn, done, prostrate, beaten, limp, aweary, bleary, tuckered out … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Education received 65 percent of the expended funds.”
expenseless
  1. Without cost or expense.
expencive
  1. Archaic form of expensive.
expensed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of expense
expensing
  1. present participle of expense
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