DEPLETED Synonyms: 164 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in drained

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verb

past tense of deplete

as in exhausted

to make complete use of miners depleted the vein of copper ore after only a few months

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as in reduced

to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent disease and battlefield casualties had depleted troop strength to dangerously low levels

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Recent Examples of depleted

Adjective

And Dieffenbach, who was racking up college offers, was left with a depleted roster and a grim senior season outlook. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Joe Raedle | Getty Images Diesel prices may need to remain high through 2027 as refinery constraints contend with recovering consumption from governments and companies rebuild depleted inventories, according to Goldman Sachs. — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Consistently leaving feeling judged or depleted warrants a closer look at the relationship. — Angela Haupt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 In 2014, the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program sent a cease-and-desist letter to Miller for selling depleted uranium on eBay. — Digital Producer, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 The technology is intended to support DUF6 deconversion, a process used to convert depleted uranium hexafluoride into more stable chemical forms. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026 If people are simply producing more while working just as long and feeling more depleted, AI has increased output, not productivity. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Hegseth took considerable time to rail against the media for reporting on troop morale and depleted munitions stocks in the war with Iran. — Quil Lawrence, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 Arguably the most depleted part of the store was the frozen food section. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026

Verb

In the last quarter-century, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left its reservoirs severely depleted. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Yet Kyiv’s stockpile has dried up as the United States husbands an arsenal that has been significantly depleted by the Iran war. — Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026 According to the 2026 trustees’ report, those reserves will be depleted in 2033. — David McMillin,dan Avery, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 Shipley is the latest Eagles player to suffer an injury in a season that's depleted the roster, especially the running back room. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Current and former officials say that has left the division shorthanded—depleted of talent, expertise and basic manpower. — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026 The Fitch Ratings’ analysts described the district depleted its reserves last school year and has very little cash on hand, with limited options to borrow. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 On an 85-degree afternoon while parked in the shade, the HomePower 2000 Plus v2 maintained a comfortable 74 degrees inside the camper for between six and seven hours before the battery was depleted. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 The 2026 trustees report, released in June, projects that the retirement trust fund will be depleted in the fourth quarter of 2032, a quarter earlier than last year’s estimate. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for depleted

Adjective

Next, let the butter melt and place the hot, drained ears of corn in the stockpot.

— Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
Feeling mentally drained or physically exhausted is something everyone experiences from time to time.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of drained

Verb

The person with the least votes after each round is eliminated, with ballots reapportioned or exhausted until the winner clears 50%.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
In fact, even before the show actually starts, Bob can be exhausted, having been awake since some ridiculous hour.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

Taps won't go dry, experts say, in part because Arizona has already reduced its water use over the years.

— Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
But for Deakins, the work is too dependent on the circumstances of a story, and the people telling it, to be reduced to any one method.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduced

Adjective

Kennedy’s new pyramid places meat, dairy, fruit, and vegetables at the top (most consumed), and tapers down through fruits and vegetables to whole grains.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
In Stoddart’s estimation, the best way to freeze these semi-consumed cakes is in slices.

— Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2025

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Verb

At least $343,100 is to be spent on surveillance after the president falsely blamed vandals for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

— Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
On a humid morning in June, Ramadan Elmoudi nervously watched grid current flow into a machine his colleagues had spent years building and kept his expectations low.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of spent

Verb

Now the prevalence of malaria is around 7%, and deaths of children under five decreased by 78%.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The definitive study of feedback, Avraham Kluger and Angelo DeNisi’s meta-analysis of 23,663 observations, found that over a third of feedback interventions decreased performance.

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of decreased

Adjective

Leadership turmoil and a weakened state, as seen with the enfeebled late Ming, could well fuse with latent social tensions to produce an existential crisis.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
By 1877, the hope for Black equality met an enfeebled federal government that essentially permitted Jim Crow to run amok.

— Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026

Definition of enfeebled

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Ninety percent of those particles were small enough to qualify as nanoplastics, which are small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier and be absorbed into human cells.

— Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
The new generation of therapeutic peptides is chemically modified to resist breakdown in the gastrointestinal tract, where traditional peptide drugs degrade before they can be absorbed.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

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