exhaustive
[ ig-zaws-tiv ]
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adjective
exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
tending to exhaust or drain, as resources or strength: a protracted, exhaustive siege of illness.
Origin of exhaustive
1Other words from exhaustive
- ex·haus·tive·ly, adverb
- ex·haus·tive·ness, noun
- non·ex·haus·tive, adjective
- non·ex·haus·tive·ly, adverb
- non·ex·haus·tive·ness, noun
- un·ex·haus·tive, adjective
- un·ex·haus·tive·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for exhaustive
exhaustive
/ (ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv) /
adjective
comprehensive in scope; thorough: an exhaustive survey
tending to exhaust
Derived forms of exhaustive
- exhaustively, adverb
- exhaustiveness, noun
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