inexhaustibility
- noun
- /ˌɪnɪɡˈzɔːstəˌbɪlɪti/
- She admired the inexhaustibility of his energy, as he tirelessly volunteered for the community service project every weekend.
Examples
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These notions of the inexhaustibility of spirit and of being the confrontational and indefatigable critic of the status quo became the prescriptions Said carried for intellectual life.
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The hallmark of the aesthetic idea is the inexhaustibility of its content.
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The reason for this appalling record, according to one researcher, was the general belief in laissez-faire, rugged individualism, and the legend of inexhaustibility.
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In these readings, Bechdel's account of her OCD functions prosthetically, propping up a number of queer theoretical tropes regarding the inexhaustibility of the queer archive.
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If we combine their ignorance of ecology, their lack of alternatives, and their perception of the seeming inexhaustibility of nature, we get a situation where reverence for nature on the one hand, and environmental damage on the other, probably coexisted without generating moral conflict.
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The team's inexhaustibility during the marathon was truly inspiring, as they ran without showing any signs of fatigue.
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The inexhaustibility of resources in the library amazed the students, who found endless information for their research.
Synonyms
A time that never ends
A state of having no end or limit
A state with no end or edge
A state of having no limit or end
Not getting tired and continuing to work very hard
The state of having no limits or end
The quality of having no limits in space, time, or size
A state of having no limits or end
The ability to keep working without getting tired
A state of lasting forever
Antonyms
How Abundant
Surface Forms
Morphology
inexhaustibility = inexhaustible (transparent) = in + exhaust + ible + ity
This is a standard noun formation from the adjective 'inexhaustible' meaning the state or quality of being inexhaustible.
Etymology
The word inexhaustibility begins with in- meaning 'not' and has the root exhaust meaning 'to use up'. Think of a well or a supply of ideas that never runs dry; inexhaustibility means something 'cannot be used up'.