Exhaustible
(adjective)
Able to be used up or depleted; not unlimited or eternal.
Origin:
Exhaustible is derived from the verb "to exhaust" which means to use up or deplete a resource.
Examples:
- Oil and coal are exhaustible resources.
- Fossil fuels are exhaustible, and so will eventually run out.
- Exhaustible resources are those that are depleted by use.
- The company's financial resources are exhaustible.
- The natural resources of the earth are exhaustible and need to be conserved.