Capable of being used up completely; able to be depleted or consumed entirely.
From exhaust (Latin exhaurire) plus -ible (capable of being). Became prevalent in English during the Industrial Revolution when resource scarcity became a concern.
Coal was once thought inexhaustible, but exhaustible resources taught us that even mountains have limits—this word became politically explosive during the climate crisis!
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