depleting
Gradually running out
Depleting is the present participle of deplete, meaning to use up or drastically reduce a supply of something.
Resources get depleted, energy gets depleted, bank accounts get depleted.
Years of overfishing have been depleting the ocean's fish stocks.
The word carries a sense of drawing down toward emptiness or exhaustion, suggesting that what's being consumed may not easily be restored.
Removing all contents
- siphoningDrawing liquid through tube
- drainageLiquid removal system
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- tappingRepeated light striking
pumping · evacuation · leakage · seepage · bleeding · purging · drawing down · expending
Making less or smaller
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- decreasingBecoming smaller or fewer
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
declining · waning · tapering · ebbing · eroding · attrition · wearing down · whittling
Nearing exhaustion of supply
- finiteHaving definite bounds
- limitedRestricted in extent
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
meager · inadequate · deficient · sparse · scarce · in short supply · rationing · shortage
Chronic occupational depletion
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- wearinessState of being drained
- overworkToil to exhaustion
- tirednessState of needing rest
enervation · spent · drained · sapped · worn out · running on empty · tapped out · used up
emptying
Removing all contents
- siphoningDrawing liquid through tube
- drainageLiquid removal system
- withdrawalAct of taking away
tapping · pumping · evacuation · leakage · seepage · bleeding · purging · drawing down · expending · voiding
reducing
Making less or smaller
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- decreasingBecoming smaller or fewer
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
dwindling · declining · waning · tapering · ebbing · eroding · attrition · wearing down · whittling · chipping away
running low
Nearing exhaustion of supply
- finiteHaving definite bounds
- limitedRestricted in extent
- insufficientBelow required quantity
dwindling · meager · inadequate · deficient · sparse · scarce · in short supply · rationing · shortage · exhaustible
burnout
Chronic occupational depletion
tiredness · enervation · spent · drained · sapped · worn out · running on empty · tapped out · used up · wrung out
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- exhaustingdraining, taxing, tiring, exhausting, fatiguing
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- resource useconsumption, recycling, conservation, waste, efficiency
- depletingusing up, exhausting, draining, consuming, expending
- wastingsquandering, frittering, splurging, overspending, misusing
depletingreplenishing
Restoring to fullness
restocking · restoring · adding · expanding · increasing
depletingfilling
Material placed within
refilling · recharging · topping up · replenishing · flooding
depletingreplenishing
Restoring to fullness
regenerating · sustaining · renewing · conserving · preserving
- ozone depletionProtective atmospheric layer destruction
- nutrient depletionLoss of essential substances
- resource depletionExhausting available materials gradually
- oxygen depletionRemoval of breathable gas
- soil depletionLoss of ground fertility
- ozone layer depletionLoss of stratospheric protection