Depleted — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

use up (resources or materials)

no longer sufficient

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈɔːɹhɔːk/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪplˈiːtɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪplˈiːtɪd/

3 syllables Say it as /dˈɔːɹhɔːk/.

Examples

this car consumes a lot of gas
We exhausted our savings
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

deplete exhaust wipe out eat up eat consume use up run through low

Parts of Speech

verb	use up (resources or materials) “this car consumes a lot of gas”
adjective	no longer sufficient “supplies are low”

Word Forms

consumptive	adjective	tending to consume or use often wastefully
consumable	adjective	may be used up
depletion	noun	the state of being depleted
exhaustion	noun	the act of exhausting something entirely
lowness	noun	a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

erschöpft

verbrauchen (Ressourcen oder Materialien)

🇫🇷French

épuisé

utiliser (ressources ou matériaux)

🇪🇸Spanish

agotado

agotar (recursos o materiales)

🇮🇹Italian

esaurito

consumare (risorse o materiali)

🇳🇱Dutch

uitgeput

opgebruiken (hulpbronnen of materialen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

esgotado

consumir (recursos ou materiais)

🇷🇺Russian

истощенный

израсходовать (ресурсы или материалы)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खाली

उपयोग करें (संसाधन या सामग्री)

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষয়প্রাপ্ত

ব্যবহার করুন (সম্পদ বা উপকরণ)

🇮🇳Tamil

தீர்ந்துவிட்டது

பயன்படுத்தவும் (வளங்கள் அல்லது பொருட்கள்)

🇮🇳Telugu

క్షీణించింది

ఉపయోగించండి (వనరులు లేదా పదార్థాలు)

🇮🇳Marathi

संपुष्टात आले

वापरा (संसाधने किंवा साहित्य)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખાલી

ઉપયોગ કરો (સંસાધનો અથવા સામગ્રી)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಖಾಲಿಯಾಗಿದೆ

ಬಳಸಿ (ಸಂಪನ್ಮೂಲಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ವಸ್ತುಗಳು)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്ഷയിച്ചു

ഉപയോഗിക്കുക (വിഭവങ്ങൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മെറ്റീരിയലുകൾ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਤਮ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ

ਵਰਤੋਂ (ਸਰੋਤ ਜਾਂ ਸਮੱਗਰੀ)

🇵🇰Urdu

ختم

استعمال کریں (وسائل یا مواد)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

耗尽的

用完（资源或材料）

🇯🇵Japanese

枯渇した

（資源や材料を）使い切る

🇰🇷Korean

고갈된

(자원이나 재료를) 다 써버리다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cạn kiệt

sử dụng hết (tài nguyên hoặc vật liệu)

🇹🇭Thai

หมดลง

ใช้จนหมด (ทรัพยากรหรือวัสดุ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

habis

habis (sumber daya atau bahan)

🇵🇭Filipino

ubos na

gamitin (mga mapagkukunan o materyales)

🇲🇾Malay

habis

penggunaan (sumber atau bahan)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المنضب

استخدام (الموارد أو المواد)

🇮🇷Persian

تخلیه شده است

مصرف کردن (منابع یا مواد)

🇹🇷Turkish

tükenmiş

tüketmek (kaynaklar veya materyaller)

🇮🇱Hebrew

מדולדל

לנצל (משאבים או חומרים)

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