indispensability
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˌspen.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.dɪˌspen.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/thefactthat someone or something is so good orimportantthat you could notmanagewithout him, her, or it:
We need toeducatethepublicabout thewonderand the indispensability ofnature.
Thenewspaperoncehad anauraof indispensability.
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indispensable
- I would like topromoteasenseof theusefulnessand indispensability ofpoetryandliteraturegenerally.
- Because the indispensability ofcoalto thelocaleconomy, manylocalresidentsandpoliticiansare infavourofmountaintopmining.
- The vice-president’s indispensability made hisabsenceunsettling.
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- at all cost(s)idiom
- be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
- chief
- clutch
- co-principal
- life-changing
- mainly
- major league
- make the world go around/roundidiom
- marmoreal
- meaningful
- pressing
- prominent
- radical
- revalorization
- revalorize
- sacred
- salient
- subtle