imprescindible

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English

Adjective

imprescindible (comparative more imprescindible, superlative most imprescindible)

  1. Indispensable, essential, imperative, vital.
    • 1971, Helen Silving, Criminal Justice, volume II, →ISBN, page 1003:
      It is imprescindible that the actor—in his lay mind—visualize the execution of an act which bears all the elements that are required by a statutory crime definition.
    • 1972, Modern Law and Society, page 17:
      Courage to be unpopular means in criminal law punishing only in cases where punishment is imprescindible in the interest of social protection.
    • 1997, John Thomas Graham, Theory of History in Ortega y Gasset: “The Dawn of Historical Reason”, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 345:
      The fattest example of this mistake has been the political exaltation of manual work, simply because it is imprescindible.

Catalan

Etymology

im- +‎ prescindible

Pronunciation

Adjective

imprescindible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imprescindibles)

  1. indispensable

Further reading

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From im- +‎ prescindible.

Adjective

imprescindible m or f (plural imprescindibles)

  1. indispensable

Spanish

Etymology

From im- +‎ prescindible. Compare Portuguese imprescindível.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /impɾesθinˈdible/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /impɾesinˈdible/
  • Rhymes: -ible
  • Syllabification: im‧pres‧cin‧di‧ble

Adjective

imprescindible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imprescindibles)

  1. indispensable, essential, imperative, vital
    Antonym: prescindible

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