thought-out

[ thawt-out ]

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adjective

produced by or showing the results of much thought: a carefully thought-out argument.

Origin of thought-out

First recorded in 1865–70

Other words from thought-out

well-thought-out, adjective

Words Nearby thought-out

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How to use thought-out in a sentence

There needs to be a fully thought out strategy with a political dimension that involves the opposition.
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The result is bigger, bolder splashes of color and carefully thought-out works.
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Your criticism of me as a hypocrite is lame, weak and not really thought out.
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As a result, the pictures are rich and un-degraded by post-production, more thought out.
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As Matt Yglesias at Slate points out, this is more of a political gambit than thought out policy.
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Here Gwynne kept his Blue Books and thought out his speeches, but it was not a favorite room with the guests.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
Somehow it gave Lawrence a little pang to hear this, then he cast the thought out as unworthy.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. Dunn
The work itself does not please me; it is not sufficiently thought out, and shows signs of having been written hastily.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
You behold as a hazy vision what I have contemplated for a long time, until it is clearly outlined, thoroughly thought out.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph Hocking
Only one reflection corrected the vigourous satisfaction with which he thought out Hilda's proposition.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for thought-out

thought-out

adjective

conceived and developed in the manner specified: a well thought-out scheme

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