Inexhaustible
adjective
Something that cannot be used up because there is so much of it.
The universe is believed to have an inexhaustible amount of stars.
Often appears as...
- inexhaustible resources
- inexhaustible supply
adjective
Always able to produce more; never tiring.
As a writer, he had an inexhaustible imagination.
Often appears as...
- inexhaustible energy
- inexhaustible creativity
adjective
Something that cannot be used up because there is so much of it.
The universe is believed to have an inexhaustible amount of stars.
Often appears as...
- inexhaustible resources
- inexhaustible supply
adjective
Always able to produce more; never tiring.
As a writer, he had an inexhaustible imagination.
Often appears as...
- inexhaustible energy
- inexhaustible creativity
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Not Literal
Often used metaphorically to suggest a very large or unlimited quantity, not a literal measure.
The library has an inexhaustible wealth of resources for research.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Emphasis
Used to emphasize a positive trait, especially when admiring someone's endless ability.
Her inexhaustible kindness makes her loved by everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Expression
Sometimes an exaggeration to stress that something is very abundant or numerous.
He seems to have an inexhaustible list of excuses for not doing homework.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Literal
Often used metaphorically to suggest a very large or unlimited quantity, not a literal measure.
The library has an inexhaustible wealth of resources for research.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Emphasis
Used to emphasize a positive trait, especially when admiring someone's endless ability.
Her inexhaustible kindness makes her loved by everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Expression
Sometimes an exaggeration to stress that something is very abundant or numerous.
He seems to have an inexhaustible list of excuses for not doing homework.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Literal
Often used metaphorically to suggest a very large or unlimited quantity, not a literal measure.
The library has an inexhaustible wealth of resources for research.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Emphasis
Used to emphasize a positive trait, especially when admiring someone's endless ability.
Her inexhaustible kindness makes her loved by everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbolic Expression
Sometimes an exaggeration to stress that something is very abundant or numerous.
He seems to have an inexhaustible list of excuses for not doing homework.
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Rose George: Let's talk...
but it's also good economic sense, because they're saving a million dollars a year. They're cutting down on deforestation, and they've found a fuel supply that is inexhaustible, infinite and free at the point of production. It's not just in the poor world that poop can save lives. Here's a woman who's about to get a dose
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Storytellers Summit Day...
years and it's because when I was spending time out at sea on these fishing vessels looking for marine megafauna I realized that we were treating the oceans as though they were inexhaustible and when you think of the word wildlife trafficking he was sociated with ivory and with elephants
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Jeff Bezos: The...
"The Eldorado of the United States of the discovery of inexhaustible gold mines in California." And the parallels between the Gold Rush and the Internet Rush continue very strongly. So many people left what they were doing. And what would happen is -- and the Gold Rush went on for years.
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Computing a theory of...
we're used to going around the world and discovering that particular materials are useful for particular technological purposes. Well, it turns out we can do very much the same kind of thing in the computational universe. There's an inexhaustible supply of programs out there.
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Tim Jackson: An economic...
the netbook and iPad, the list goes on -- an almost inexhaustible supply of goods, driven by this anxiety. And even if we don't want them, we need to buy them, because, if we don't buy them, the system crashes. And to stop it crashing
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Steven Cowley: Fusion is...
But if you wanted to know what the perfect energy source is, the perfect energy source is one that doesn't take up much space, has a virtually inexhaustible supply, is safe, doesn't put any carbon into the atmosphere,
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The discoveries awaiting...
of ocean scientists, engineers and communicators. There is also a deep sense of urgency. We can't turn back the clock on decades of overfishing in countless regions of the ocean that once seemed inexhaustible.
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Michael Tilson Thomas:...
what and how. And the thing about classical music, that what and how, it's inexhaustible." That was his passion for the music. Both my parents really loved it. They didn't know all that much about it,
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Music and emotion...
thing about classical music that what and how it's inexhaustible that was his passion for the music both my parents really loved it they didn't know all that much about it but they gave me the
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How would you finish the...
You know, there are very few things that set us apart from the rest of life on Earth. At the heart of them, I believe, is our inexhaustible power of imagination.
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Rose George: Let's talk...
but it's also good economic sense, because they're saving a million dollars a year. They're cutting down on deforestation, and they've found a fuel supply that is inexhaustible, infinite and free at the point of production. It's not just in the poor world that poop can save lives. Here's a woman who's about to get a dose
Video examples
Storytellers Summit Day...
years and it's because when I was spending time out at sea on these fishing vessels looking for marine megafauna I realized that we were treating the oceans as though they were inexhaustible and when you think of the word wildlife trafficking he was sociated with ivory and with elephants
Video examples
Jeff Bezos: The...
"The Eldorado of the United States of the discovery of inexhaustible gold mines in California." And the parallels between the Gold Rush and the Internet Rush continue very strongly. So many people left what they were doing. And what would happen is -- and the Gold Rush went on for years.
Video examples
Computing a theory of...
we're used to going around the world and discovering that particular materials are useful for particular technological purposes. Well, it turns out we can do very much the same kind of thing in the computational universe. There's an inexhaustible supply of programs out there.
Video examples
Tim Jackson: An economic...
the netbook and iPad, the list goes on -- an almost inexhaustible supply of goods, driven by this anxiety. And even if we don't want them, we need to buy them, because, if we don't buy them, the system crashes. And to stop it crashing
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Steven Cowley: Fusion is...
But if you wanted to know what the perfect energy source is, the perfect energy source is one that doesn't take up much space, has a virtually inexhaustible supply, is safe, doesn't put any carbon into the atmosphere,
Video examples
The discoveries awaiting...
of ocean scientists, engineers and communicators. There is also a deep sense of urgency. We can't turn back the clock on decades of overfishing in countless regions of the ocean that once seemed inexhaustible.
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Michael Tilson Thomas:...
what and how. And the thing about classical music, that what and how, it's inexhaustible." That was his passion for the music. Both my parents really loved it. They didn't know all that much about it,
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Music and emotion...
thing about classical music that what and how it's inexhaustible that was his passion for the music both my parents really loved it they didn't know all that much about it but they gave me the
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How would you finish the...
You know, there are very few things that set us apart from the rest of life on Earth. At the heart of them, I believe, is our inexhaustible power of imagination.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Russian Activist
Only through the conscious action of the working masses in city and country can it be brought to life, only through the people's highest intellectual maturity and inexhaustible idealism can it be brought safely through all storms and find its way to port.
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Louis L'Amour
American Author
For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.
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Bruno Rossi
Italian Scientist
The initial motivation of the experiment which led to this discovery was a subconscious feeling for the inexhaustible wealth of nature, a wealth that goes far beyond the imagination of man.
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Simon Rattle
English Musician
Some of my favorite music in the world is Haydn. I had a sabbatical one year and made myself one promise: to play a different Haydn piano sonata each day - they are inexhaustible treasures.
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Thomas Sowell
American Economist
Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it's run out of raw material for its imagination. The raw materials for imagination are inexhaustible here.
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Brandon Lee
American Actor
Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times. And a very small number really.
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Clive Bell
English Critic
The forms of art are inexhaustible; but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will.
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Hans Hofmann
German Artist
Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Russian Activist
Only through the conscious action of the working masses in city and country can it be brought to life, only through the people's highest intellectual maturity and inexhaustible idealism can it be brought safely through all storms and find its way to port.
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Louis L'Amour
American Author
For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.
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Bruno Rossi
Italian Scientist
The initial motivation of the experiment which led to this discovery was a subconscious feeling for the inexhaustible wealth of nature, a wealth that goes far beyond the imagination of man.
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Simon Rattle
English Musician
Some of my favorite music in the world is Haydn. I had a sabbatical one year and made myself one promise: to play a different Haydn piano sonata each day - they are inexhaustible treasures.
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Thomas Sowell
American Economist
Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it's run out of raw material for its imagination. The raw materials for imagination are inexhaustible here.
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Brandon Lee
American Actor
Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times. And a very small number really.
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Clive Bell
English Critic
The forms of art are inexhaustible; but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will.
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Hans Hofmann
German Artist
Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.
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