Antonyms for resource

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ree-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs, ri-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈri sɔrs, -soʊrs, -zɔrs, -zoʊrs, rɪˈsɔrs, -ˈsoʊrs, -ˈzɔrs, -ˈzoʊrs

Definition of resource

Origin : 1610s, "means of supplying a want or deficiency," from French resourse "a source, spring," noun use of fem. past participle of Old French resourdre "to rally, raise again," from Latin resurgere "rise again" (see resurgent). Resources "a country's wealth" first recorded 1779.

noun supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial

Example sentences :

She was apt not only to know what she talked about, but she was a woman of resource, unafraid of action.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

"And have left her no other resource," said Harry, coloring still more.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

This was his only resource against the unpleasantness of the day.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Only the people, long-suffering and generous, remain as his resource.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

But they were told, that this was the resource of the Jews of old.
Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume

To doubt your existence is the only resource left open to us if we are not to blaspheme you!
Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

Yet that such must have been his resource, Mr. Galloway knew.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

A spy must be brave; he must have nerve, caution, and resource.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

The laws of matter, to which we are slaves, deny us that resource.
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

The only resource he had, was to consult the boiler, and wait impatiently for Barnaby's return.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for resource

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