exhaustibleadj.
/ɛɡˈzɔːstɪb(ə)l/ That admits of being exhausted.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > empty > emptied > that admits of being used up
exhaustible1668
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [adjective] > using up completely > used up completely > able to be
exhaustible1781
1668 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 587 A very small Receiver, exhaustible at a Suck or two.
1781 S. Johnson Collins in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IX. 5 His uncle..left him about two thousand pounds; a sum which Collins could scarcely think exhaustible.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. 35 Coal..and other useful substances..are not only strictly local, but exhaustible.
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