INDISPENSABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indispensableness mean? 

• INDISPENSABLENESS (noun)
  The noun INDISPENSABLENESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without

  Familiarity information: INDISPENSABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDISPENSABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

indispensability; indispensableness; vitalness

Hypernyms ("indispensableness" is a kind of...):

essentiality; essentialness (basic importance)

Antonym:

dispensableness (the quality possessed by something that you can get along without)

Derivation:

indispensable (not to be dispensed with; essential)

indispensable (absolutely necessary; vitally necessary)