Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DEPLETED
depleted, low
(adjective) no longer sufficient; “supplies are low”; “our funds are depleted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
depleted (not comparable)
Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.
Verb
depleted
simple past tense and past participle of deplete
Source: Wiktionary
DEPLETE
De*plete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depleting.] Etym: [From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill, Full, a.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. Copland.
2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc. Saturday Review.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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