depletable

Able to empty

Depletable describes resources or supplies that can be used up or exhausted.

The term appears most often in environmental and economic contexts: depletable natural resources like oil, coal, and minerals contrast with renewable ones like solar energy.

The fund's reserves are depletable and must be managed carefully.

exhaustible

consumable

Designed to be depleted

drainableAble to be emptied
expendableAble to be sacrificed
usableFit for application

extractable · harvestable · pumpable · withdrawable · minable · tappable · exploitable · burnable · spendable · renewable

finite

limited

Restricted in extent

boundedConfined within limits
measurableAble to be gauged
quantifiableAble to be measured

countable · constrained · restricted · terminable · determinate · exhaustible · diminishing · dwindling · shrinking · reducible

scarce

rare

Seldom found or seen

preciousHighly esteemed, greatly valued
valuableWorth considerable money
irreplaceableHaving no adequate substitute

sparse · meager · dwindling · insufficient · limited · rationed · conserved · hoarded · stockpiled · endangered

Opposites

resource exhaustibility

depletableinexhaustible

Cannot be used up

unlimited · boundless · infinite · limitless · undepletable

renewability

depletablerenewable

Capable of restoration

sustainable · replenishable · regenerative · restorable · recyclable

Family

complete, plenty, supplement, incomplete, implement, deplete, replenish, depleted, replete

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G