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Resources that get exhausted after years of use are called:
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Non-renewable resources
Non-renewable resources is correct.
Non-renewable resources form over millions of years, so once they are used up they cannot be replaced within a human time scale. Coal, petroleum, natural gas and most minerals are examples, and their stocks keep falling with use.
Renewable resources such as sunlight, wind, water and forests are replenished by natural processes, so they do not run out with careful use.
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