inexhaustible
pronunciation
How to pronounce inexhaustible in British English:
UK [ˌɪnɪgˈzɔ:stəbl]
How to pronounce inexhaustible in American English:
US [ˌɪnɪɡˈzɔstəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- that cannot be entirely consumed or used up
- incapable of being entirely consumed or used up
Word Origin
- inexhaustible (adj.)
- c. 1600, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + exhaustible (see exhaust). Related: Inexhaustibly.
Antonym
Example
- 1. For a while , china 's reserves of cheap workers from the rural hinterlands seemed inexhaustible .
- 2. It is available anytime and anywhere-regardless of season , climate and time of day-and is practically inexhaustible .
- 3. Their resources appear at first to be inexhaustible ; a long-term trend of depletion is concealed by short-term fluctuations ; small numbers of powerful people advance their interests by damaging those of everyone else ; short-term profits trump long-term survival .
- 4. Because energy is the bedrock of all modern economies , it stands to reason that founding our financial system on inexpensive , inexhaustible , and clean solar energy is the best coarse of action for the united states and the world .
- 5. The fish that once seemed an inexhaustible source of food are now almost everywhere in decline : 90 % of large predatory fish ( the big ones such as tuna , swordfish and sharks ) have gone , according to some scientists .