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Such income not permanent?
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disposable
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. free or available for use or disposition; "every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire"; "disposable assets" [ant: nondisposable ] designed to be disposed of after use; "disposable paper cups" [ant: nondisposable ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a disposable nappy (= one that is meant to be used once and thrown away ) ▪ Disposable nappies are harmful to the environment. disposable gloves (= that you throw away after use ) ▪ Nurses must wear disposable gloves ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Disposable is an adjective meaning the ability of something to be disposed of or thrown away after use. Many people now use the term as a noun, i.e. "a disposable" but in reality this is still an adjective as the noun (product, nappy, etc.) is implied. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, "that may be done without;" see dispose + -able . Meaning "designed to be discarded after one use" is from 1943, originally of diapers, soon of everything; replaced throw-away (1928) in this sense. First recorded use of disposable income (preserving ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disposable \Dis*pos"a*ble\, a. [From Dispose .] Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use. The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a disposable surplus. --Burke. 2. designed ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 That can be disposed of. 2 That is designed to be discarded rather than refilled or repaired. 3 available to be used. n. Any object that is designed to be disposed of rather than refilled or repaired.
Usage examples of disposable.
He saw the national investment in Vietnam draining our disposable strength from Europe and the Middle East and the likelihood that the more we Americanized the war, the less South Vietnam would do for itself.
She had swooped into Pottery Barn one afternoon for simple, disposable furniture, but the walls were adorned with truly beautiful works of art from the collection of her mother, a woman of discerning taste and double fortune after remarrying an Argentinean named Helmut.
A tourist thrust a disposable camera toward him and pleaded, in some indecipherable Slavic tongue, for the Clockmaker to take his photograph in front of the Vatican.
The men got up from the table and Clay gathered the disposable dishware and tossed them into the waste receiver.
His underthings, socks and flexies were disposable in any case, and Mrs.
I find two disposable scalpels with plastic handles and a roll of Leuco bandages.
Spray a disposable half-size steam table pan with nonstick cooking spray.
There were also two disposable Lady Schick razors in the soap dish next to the Jacuzzi.
He removed other things from the bag too: a length of flexible rubber tubing, a sphygmomanometer for monitoring blood pressure, two small bottles of amber-colored fluid, and a packet of disposable hypodermic syringes.
Three scrolls, a codex, and a stoppered bottle of wine sat to the right of the figure, while on the left was a bundle of the disposable bamboo splits that Tenoctris used in place of an athame.
Waited through commercials for disposable vacuum cleaners, ziplock garbage bags, genetically engineered rubberbands that would never break, the Dolla Dare show.
By the end of the nineteenth century, therefore, most of the true restaurants were still reserved for those with disposable income and leisure time.
Grateful for the opening, Giles nodded, then cast a perturbed glance at the double coffee maker dominating a neat array of mugs, disposable stirrers, sugar packets, and powdered creamer.
Inside there was a small red biohazard waste container and scores of plastic bags filled with disposable hypodermics, ampules, and suppositories.
The SLB could have popped out and made him cut his throat with his own Bic disposable, I suppose.