inexhaustible

[ in-ig-zaws-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted:

   an inexhaustible supply.

2. untiring; tireless:

   an inexhaustible runner.

inexhaustible

/ ˌɪnɪɡˈzɔːstəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being used up; endless

   inexhaustible patience

2. incapable or apparently incapable of becoming tired; tireless

Derived Forms

• ˌinexˌhaustiˈbility, noun
• ˌinexˈhaustibly, adverb

Other Words From

• inex·hausti·bili·ty inex·hausti·ble·ness noun
• inex·hausti·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inexhaustible¹

1595–1605; < Latin inexhaust ( us ) not exhausted ( in- ³, exhaust ) + -ible

Example Sentences

Inexhaustible energy to drive Neapolitans wild with happiness, Corriere dello Sport labelled the midfielder a 'dominant all-rounder' and manager Antonio Conte agrees.

From BBC

“NCIS,” for Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is a theoretically inexhaustible series about an elevated team of military police investigating cases involving military personnel; you might think that is too shallow a drawer to fill several series over many years, but you would be wrong, especially given how thin the writers are willing to stretch that connection.

From Los Angeles Times

Political realities these days, being an inexhaustible source of feculence, ensure that at least one hand is filled at all times with an undesirable solid waste disposal project – and usually it is courtesy of Donald J. Trump.

From Salon

“Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well, and yet everything only happens a certain number of times,” said Brandon Lee in his final interview less than two weeks before his death in 1993.

From Los Angeles Times

Physical travail being an inexhaustible source of black comedy and a recurring metaphor for the human condition in Beckett’s writing, the depiction of mortal decline is on point.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bountiful
• endless
• infinite
• limitless
• never-ending