depleted
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- v use up (resources or materials)
- s no longer sufficient
our funds are depleted
- Economists worry that households hurt by rising unemployment, weak income growth and depleted investments will not provide the support the economy needs to rebound to sustained .
- The soil nutrients have been depleted so significantly in this part of Malawi that crop yields reach only about a half-ton per acre, about one-third of normal.
- Controversy grows over depleted uranium, an armament whose side-effects may harm soldier and civilian alike.