Exhaustibility

/ɪɡˌzɔːstəˈbɪləti/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being capable of being exhausted or depleted.

Etymology

From exhaustible plus the abstract noun suffix -ity. This technical term emerged in philosophical and scientific writing in the 18th-19th centuries.

Kelly Says

The exhaustibility of the oceans was dismissed for centuries—we thought fish would never run out until industrial fishing proved that even nature has limits we can breach!

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