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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dispensable \Dis*pen"sa*ble\, adjective [LL. dispensabilis. See {Dispense}.]
1. Capable of being dispensed or administered.
2. Capable of being dispensed with. --Coleridge.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dispensable
adjective: capable of being dispensed with or done without; "dispensable items of personal property" [ant: {indispensable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "dispensable": admissible, allocated, allowable, apportionable, apportioned, back-burner, condonable, de trop, defensible, dinky, disposable, distributable, divisible, excess, excusable, exemptible, expendable, expiable, expletive, forgivable, gratuitous, immaterial, in excess, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, inoffensive, insignificant, irrelevant, justifiable, legitimate, little, minor, minute, needless, negligible, nonessential, not vital, parceled, pardonable, petit, pleonastic, portioned out, prolix, reasonable, redundant, remissible, severable, small, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, tautologic, tautologous, technical, to spare, uncalled-for, unessential, unimpressive, unnecessary, unneeded, unnoteworthy, unobjectionable, useless, venial, verbose, vindicable, warrantable
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