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Inexhaustible

adj.energetic, hopefulwarm

What it means

Unable to be used up or worn out.

Reach for it when using emphatic praise for a supply, curiosity, or energy that appears continually renewed

Her inexhaustible curiosity kept the archive project opening new questions.

Choose between these

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  • everyday

    endless

    the amount or duration feels without limit

    not when Endless is often exaggeration and can describe something tedious.

  • everyday

    limitless

    no practical ceiling is visible

    not when Limitless can become empty promotion when physical limits exist.

  • warm

    tireless

    a person's sustained effort deserves praise

    not when Tireless can romanticize overwork and cannot describe a material supply.

  • professional

    abundant

    supply is plentiful without denying eventual limits

    not when Abundant is the more accurate term when exhaustion remains possible.

  • professional

    renewable

    a resource can replenish on a relevant timescale

    not when Renewable does not mean use can exceed the rate of replenishment.

  • literary

    boundless

    energy, affection, or possibility seems to have no boundary

    not when Boundless is lyrical and unsuitable for a measured resource claim.

Said against

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  • finite
  • depletable
  • exhausted

It naturally appears in

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  • inexhaustible supply

    The story imagines an inexhaustible supply, though the engineering note does not.

  • inexhaustible energy

    His apparently inexhaustible energy lifted every rehearsal.

  • inexhaustible curiosity

    Inexhaustible curiosity led her from the first map to the oldest tax records.

  • seemingly inexhaustible

    Her seemingly inexhaustible patience helped each apprentice master the join.

Where this comes from

For physical resources, inexhaustible is usually an overstatement. Renewable, abundant, or a quantified reserve is preferable when limits can be measured.

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.