IELTS Anvil

depleted

CEFR: C1

Severely reduced in quantity, fertility, or available reserves through over-exploitation.

Synonyms

exhausted
impoverished

Common Collocations

severely depleted
depleted reserves
depleted stocks

Example Sentence

Decades of monoculture cultivation have left topsoil nutrients severely depleted of organic carbon.

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