deplete
verb (used with object)
to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of.
depletable
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a word derived from
deplete.
Example Sentences
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But her energy and hope never feel like depletable resources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
“We’ll start capturing the value of those depletable assets,” said Brian Mastel, the finance commissioner, “and monetize them into an endowment fund for the community.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2017
Accordingly, the market has powerful incentives to "conserve," that is, to shift the consumption of large volumes of depletable resources into future periods.
From US News ● May 25, 2016
The partnerships are required to derive 90 percent of their income from certain sources, including only depletable natural resources like oil and coal.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2013
There is no smooth transition, no gradual slowing down of activity; rather, the economic system consumes successively larger amounts of the depletable resources until they are gone.
From The Universe — or Nothing by Meyer Moldeven
