Globalisation of the seed supply is transforming seed from being an exhaustless sourceof renewal and nourishment into a costly, non-renewable commodity, to be purchasedevery year
exhaustless in American English
(iɡˈzɔstlɪs)
adjective
inexhaustible
Derived forms
exhaustlessly
adverb
exhaustlessness
noun
Word origin
[1705–15; exhaust + -less]This word is first recorded in the period 1705–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Romanesque, convergence, focal point, salon, splash-less an adjective suffix meaning “without” (childless; peerless), and in adjectives derived from verbs, indicating failure or inability to performor be performed (resistless; tireless)