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What is the opposite of expendable?

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Adjective
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Opposite of of relatively little significance, and therefore able to be abandoned or destroyed
indispensable
important
crucial
essential
key
necessary
vital
durable
useful
chief
leading
needed
principal
requisite
imperative
main
pivotal
major
fundamental
central
basic
decisive
needful
dominant
critical
required
mandatory
called for
prime
significant
burning
paramount
urgent
pressing
acute
compelling
obligatory
compulsory
necessitous
primary
pre-eminent
vitally important
lead
consequential
must-have
salient
operative
of great consequence
of the utmost importance
high priority
high-priority
life-and-death
integral
all-important
all important
core
elementary
prerequisite
reasonable
compulsatory
rudimentary
de rigueur
of the essence
quintessential
irreplaceable
wanted
designed
careful
intrinsic
planned
beneficial
grounded
substantive
inherent
innate
appropriate
recommended
exigent
big
meaningful
momentous
substantial
eventful
unfrivolous
weighty
material
demanded
cardinal
valuable
desired
worthwhile
incumbent
Adjective
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Opposite of being in excess
insufficient
necessary
deficient
inadequate
lacking
limited
scant
scanty
scarce
essential
needing
wanting
falling short
Adjective
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Opposite of designed for disposal after use
indisposable
nondisposable
non-disposable
reusable
undisposable
Adjective
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Opposite of of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required purpose
impracticable
unusable
impractical
inapplicable
inoperable
nonfunctional
nonpractical
unavailable
unemployable
unworkable
useless
inappropriate
unadaptable
unprofitable
unserviceable
worthless
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