Depleted (Adjective)
Meaning
No longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The company's financial resources were depleted after years of mismanagement and poor investments.
- After a week of heavy usage, the team's water supply was depleted and they had to ration their remaining bottles.
- Years of civil war had depleted the country's medical supplies, leaving its hospitals short on essential equipment.
- The charity's funds were depleted after a series of costly lawsuits and they were forced to cut back on their programs.
- The once-thriving fishery was depleted due to overfishing and the local community was struggling to find alternative sources of income.