depleted
Definition
- Adjective:
- No longer sufficient; exhausted, used up: Describes something that has been greatly reduced in quantity or strength, often to the point where there is not enough left for its intended purpose.
- Drained of a vital substance or quality: Can describe resources, energy, or abstract qualities that have been consumed or diminished.
Usage and Examples
- Adjective:
- The depleted battery needed to be recharged. (The battery's energy was completely used up.)
- After the long drought, the reservoir was severely depleted. (The water in the reservoir was greatly reduced and no longer sufficient.)
- The team played with depleted energy in the final minutes. (The team's strength was exhausted.)
Advanced Usage
- "to feel depleted": to feel completely drained of energy or vitality.
- After working three consecutive night shifts, she felt utterly depleted.
- In environmental/technical contexts: Often used to describe non-renewable resources or specific chemical/biological states.
- The ozone layer over the region is dangerously depleted.
- The soil in the over-farmed area is nutrient-depleted.
Variants and Related Words
- Deplete (verb): To use up the supply or resources of; to exhaust.
- The long war depleted the nation's treasury.
- Depletion (noun): The act or process of depleting, or the state of being depleted.
- The depletion of the fish stocks is a major concern.
Synonyms
- Exhausted: Completely used up.
- Drained: Emptied of contents or energy.
- Diminished: Made smaller or less.
- Spent: Used up; consumed.
Antonyms
- Full: Containing as much as possible.
- Abundant: Existing in large quantities.
- Replenished: Filled up again.
- Rich: Plentifully supplied.
Related Phrases and Collocations
- Depleted reserves: Stockpiles that have been used up.
- The country had to tap into its depleted reserves of foreign currency.
- Depleted uranium: A specific technical term for uranium with a reduced content of the fissile isotope U-235.
- Depleted uranium is used in armor-piercing ammunition.
Adjective
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no longer sufficient
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supplies are low
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our funds are depleted
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