All 4 Uses of
indispensable
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- You'll become famous and indispensable to the Department of Finance, which is so badly off at present.†
Chpt 8 *
- The officious shopmen began explaining with oily politeness that the first box contained only half a dozen bottles of champagne, and only "the most indispensable articles," such as savories, sweets, toffee, etc. But the main part of the goods ordered would be packed and sent off, as on the previous occasion, in a special cart also with three horses traveling at full speed, so that it would arrive not more than an hour later than Dmitri Fyodorovitch himself.†
Chpt 8
- I know, of course, there's a secret in it, but they won't tell me the secret for anything, for then perhaps, seeing the meaning of it, I might bawl hosannah, and the indispensable minus would disappear at once, and good sense would reign supreme throughout the whole world.†
Chpt 11
- Why, the catastrophe may take place at once, of course; he hadn't yet considered how to meet it, he hadn't the time, his head was throbbing and his heart was with her, but money—money was indispensable in any case!†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(indispensable) absolutely necessary