Citations:dispensable

Adjective: "capable of being dispensed; distributable"

 * 1978 — Samuel M. Deitz & John H. Hummel, Discipline in the Schools: A Guide to Reducing Misbehaviour, Englewood Technology Publications (1978), ISBN 0877781273, page 36:
 * The famous behavioral M&M is the most often used consumable reinforcer in classrooms. It is a good choice, for it has the advantages of being small, easily dispensable, usually enjoyed, and tends not to melt while being handled.
 * 1983 — B. B. Pandey, Role of Science & Technology in Rural and Economic Development in India, S. Chand & Company Ltd. (1983), page 60:
 * To further encourage the use of home scale fruit and vegetable preservation, proper training may be imparted to housewives and necessary arrangements made for the supply of additives and chemical preservatives in easily dispensable tablet form.
 * 2000 — Sensus Operations CV, "Frutafit®-inulin", in Handbook of Hydrocolloids (eds. Glyn O. Phillips & Peter A. Williams), Woodhead Publishing Ltd. (2005), ISBN 1855735016, page 397:
 * The resulting product is a white odourless, easily dispensable powder with a neutral taste.
 * 2006 — Pamela Lewis, Achieving Best Behavior for Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Carers, Jessica Kingsley Publsihers (2006), ISBN 9781843108092, page 132:
 * The reward could be a preferred food, a sticker, blowing some bubbles, a noisemaker the child enjoys, a pat on the back, or some other easily dispensable reward that does not take the child away from the task at hand for more than a moment or two.
 * 2009 — Sage Michael, How to Become a Superhero: The Ultimate Guide to the Ultimate You!, SuperHero Press (2009), ISBN 9780692001097, page 189:
 * Bring stuff for performing battle surgery or triage if that's your thing… Bring a store of well-rounded, easily dispensable food, or maybe a few children's toys — whatever it is, be prepared.

Adjective: "(of a law, rule, vow, etc.) subject to dispensation; possible to relax, exempt from, or annul"

 * 1851 — G. R. M. Ward & James Heywood, Oxford University Statutes, William Pickering (1851), page 149:
 * If a person has obtained a dispensation in respect of any mater dispensible by the House of Congregation
 * 1971 — John L. McKenzie, The Roman Catholic Church, Image Books (1971), page 221:
 * An existing marriage bond, whether sacramental or civil, is not dispensable, with the exception of what is called the Pauline privilege, based on 1 Corinthians 7:15.
 * 2011 — Will Adam, Legal Flexibility and the Mission of the Church: Dispensation and Economy in Ecclesiastical Law, ISBN 9781409420552, page 15:
 * Jones' use of the term 'Ecclesiastical Law' in his definition of dispensations in Roman Catholic canon law points to the Roman Catholic distinction between divine law, from which no dispensation is possible, and merely ecclesiastical law, which is dispensable in certain circumstances.

Adjective: "(biochemistry, nutrition, of an amino acid) not essential to be taken in as part of an organism's diet, as it can be synthesized de novo

 * 2008 — Marie Dunford & J. Andrew Doyle, Nutrition for Sport and Exercise, Thomson Wadsworth (2008), ISBN 9780495014836, page 161:
 * The difference in absorption rate is not surprising since whey has a high percentage of indispensable amino acids, which are absorbed more rapidly than dispensable amino acids.
 * 2010 — Clinical Nutrition in Practice (eds. Nikolaos Katsilambros, Charilaos Dimosthenopoulous, Meropi Kontogianni, Evangelia Manglara, & Kalliopi-Anna Poulia), Wiley-Blackwell (2010), ISBN 9781405180849, unnumbered page:
 * According to another nutritional classification amino acids are categorised into two groups: indispensable (essential) and dispensable (non-essential). The nine indispensable amino acids are those that have carbon skeletons that cannot be synthesised to meet the body's needs from simpler molecules in animals, and therefore must be provided in the diet. Dispensable amino acids can be further divided into two classes: truly dispensable and conditionally dispensable. Five of the amino acids are termed dispensable as they can be synthesised in the body from either other amino acids or other complex nitrogenous metabolites.
 * 2011 — Paul Insel, Don Ross, Kimberley McMahon, & Melissa Bernstein, Nutrition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers (2011), ISBN 9780763776633, page 242:
 * If a dispensable amino acid is missing during protein synthesis, the cell will either make that amino acid or obtain it from the liver via the bloodstream, and protein synthesis will continue.
 * 2012 — M. N. Chatterjea & Rana Shinde, Textbook of Medical Biochemistry, Jaypee (2012), ISBN 9789350254844, page 472:
 * The non-essential or dispensable amino acids can be synthesised in the body either:
 * 2012 — Frances Sienkiewicz Sizer, Ellie Whitney, & Leonard A. Piché, Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies, Nelson (2012), ISBN 9780176502584, page 207:
 * If a dispensable/nonessential amino acid (that is, one the cell can make) is unavailable from food, the cell synthesizes it and continues attaching amino acids to the protein strands being manufactured.