inexhaustible
Americanadjective
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not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted.
an inexhaustible supply.
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untiring; tireless.
an inexhaustible runner.
adjective
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incapable of being used up; endless
inexhaustible patience
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incapable or apparently incapable of becoming tired; tireless
Other Word Forms
- inexhaustibility noun
- inexhaustibleness noun
- inexhaustibly adverb
Etymology
Origin of inexhaustible
1595–1605; < Latin inexhaust ( us ) not exhausted ( in- 3, exhaust ) + -ible
Example Sentences
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Above us in the galaxy are inexhaustible resources and infinite living space.
“Boss Lincoln” is emphatically not a political-science tract; Mr. Pinsker makes his points within a gripping chronological narrative that consistently animates Lincoln’s inexhaustible quest.
She, however, accrued an inexhaustible supply of IOUs.
From Barron's
Few people were more agnostically alive than Stoppard, who loved the finer things in life and handsomely earned them with his inexhaustible wit.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s the seeing, varied and brightly inexhaustible, that makes Welty’s letters such a sustaining pleasure.
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