Exhaustless

/ɪɡˈzɔːstləs/ adjective

Definition

Never-ending or incapable of being exhausted; inexhaustible.

Etymology

From exhaust plus the negating suffix -less (meaning without). The word emerged in English poetry and literature during the Romantic era to describe boundless resources or energies.

Kelly Says

Poets loved calling the ocean exhaustless because they couldn't imagine humans could ever drain it—now we know better, and the word feels tragically ironic in the age of overfishing!

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