adj
Meaning 1
Impossible to exhaust; unlimited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: exhaustible
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adj
Impossible to exhaust; unlimited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: exhaustible
adjective
incapable of being entirely consumed or used up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: exhaustible
adjective satellite
that cannot be entirely consumed or used up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: unlimited
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- Proto-Indo-European *h2ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English exhaustible English inexhaustible From in- + exhaustible.
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33 source translations are retained for this English entry.