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exhaustive

[ig-zaws-tiv]

adjective

  1. exhausting exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough.

    He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.

  2. tending to exhaust or drain, as resources or strength.

    a protracted, exhaustive siege of illness.



exhaustive

/ ɪɡˈɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. comprehensive in scope; thorough

    an exhaustive survey

  2. tending to exhaust

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • exhaustively adverb
  • exhaustiveness noun
  • nonexhaustive adjective
  • nonexhaustively adverb
  • nonexhaustiveness noun
  • unexhaustive adjective
  • unexhaustively adverb
  • ˈ󲹳ܲپԱ noun
  • ˈ󲹳ܲپ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of exhaustive1

First recorded in 1780–90; exhaust + -ive
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Here is a subjective and by no means exhaustive list of 13 native plants with gorgeous flowers.

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All Premier League clubs can have a 25-man squad, but this is not an exhaustive list of all players eligible to play.

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This is by no means an exhaustive list, but let’s start with Trump’s attempts to deport immigrants in blatant defiance of the Constitution, without affording them their guaranteed right to due process.

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There was recently a show at the Pompidou Center, a really exhaustive retrospective of Surrealism.

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These factors are not an exhaustive list, the council said.

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