exhaust
verb (used with object)
to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person.
exhaustible
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a word derived from
exhaust.
Example Sentences
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“The more you do, the more you can do. It’s not an exhaustible resource, it works the opposite way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
“Because we know that money is exhaustible, but with these creative options, those are really largely inexhaustible.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
This depends entirely on whether one believes that resiliency is an exhaustible or a sustainable resource.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2014
"Instead, most of us in the states, we think of water like the air, it's infinite and inexhaustible, when for all practical purposes it's finite and it's exhaustible."
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2014
Besides, I’d moved enough times now to know that time was a fleeting, exhaustible thing.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
