Definition of exhaustive
: including all possibilities : thorough
- conducted an exhaustive search
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Examples of exhaustive in a Sentence
The list was long but not exhaustive.
after an exhaustive search of our house, we still hadn't found the cat
Recent Examples of exhaustive from the Web
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At a time when the American live music scene continues to revolve around a culture of super festivals, there's an exhaustive array of multi-day blowouts with similar lineups and multi-hundred-dollar pricetags.
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It must be said that we are led by a man known to make decisions on a whim, not after exhaustive contemplation, a man who is under investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and whose lawyer’s office was raided by the FBI on Monday.
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Fingerprint scanning, Juliano argued, would not add any additional check to the process and is not an exhaustive background screening, a point backed by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners.
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Predictably, McCain continued to attract exhaustive coverage.
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After a thorough and exhaustive review of the evidence...
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Its exhaustive effort upended the USA Gymnastics hierarchy, spurred criminal convictions and the resignation of a university president.
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That exhaustive 20-year effort laid the groundwork for this month’s deal.
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After an exhaustive search, Holy Cross has found a new football coach.
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First Known Use of exhaustive
circa 1789
exhaustive Synonyms
Synonyms
all-embracing, all-inclusive, broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), compendious, complete, comprehensive, cyclopedic, encyclopedic, full, global, in-depth, inclusive, omnibus, panoramic, thorough, universal;
Near Antonyms
circumscribed, limited, narrow, restricted, specialized;
Related Words
broad, catholic, encyclical, general, inclusionary, overall;
cosmic (also cosmical), extensive, far, far-reaching, grand, large, sweeping, vast, wide, wide-ranging;
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Definition of exhaustive for English Language Learners
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: including all possibilities : very thorough
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