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12:16 Oct 23, 2020 |
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| Selected response from: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. United States Local time: 19:16 | ||||||
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3 +1 | These pants are expendable for dirty work. |
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2 | it's not a big loss, not a big deal |
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it's not a big loss, not a big deal Explanation: no matter if ... |
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These pants are expendable for dirty work. Explanation: considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/expendable Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed. In the internecine rivalries of large corporations, whole departments may become expendable in the execution of one executive's power play. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expendable 2. Not worth salvaging or reusing: expendable rocket boosters. 3. considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/expendable |
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