imprescindible
indispensable
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So essential that things simply wouldn't work without it
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
Imprescindible means indispensable and is formed from im-0 (not0) + prescindible1 (dispensable1), or literally "not dispensable."
imprescindible
indispensable, essential,
a must, a must-see, a must-have (as a noun)
Something or someone so necessary that you cannot do without it, or things just wouldn't work without it. Also used as a noun (e.g., 'un imprescindible' = a must-see/must-have).