Meaning & use
exhaustible
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Capable of being used up completely or depleted.
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Fossil fuels are an exhaustible resource, unlike solar or wind energy.
Even the most patient teacher's tolerance is exhaustible.
A note on using this word
Exhaustible is most often heard in its negated form, 'inexhaustible,' but the positive word is equally valid.
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depletablefinite
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