The quality or state of being dispensable; the condition of not being necessary.
From 'dispensable' plus '-ness', a Germanic suffix creating abstract nouns. Adds a layer of formality over the simpler 'dispensability'.
English speakers have two words for nearly the same concept—'dispensability' and 'dispensableness'—showing how we sometimes inherit competing word-forms from different historical periods.
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