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US
/ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/
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[ UK /ɛɡzˈɔːstɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɛɡzˈɔːstɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial
thoroughgoing research
an exhaustive study
made a thorough search
How To Use exhaustive In A Sentence
- No other athlete in Britain has undergone such an exhaustive, globetrotting search for success. Times, Sunday Times
- Protein solutions for the calorimetric experiments were prepared by exhaustive dialysis against the buffer.
- Exhaustively researched, The Sword and the Cross is somewhat deficient in maps and almost totally lacking in illustration.
- These theories are not exhaustive, as demonstrated in the literature relating to post-colonialism theory.
- The concept, developed after an exhaustive research for over a year, involved collating feedback from more than 13,000 respondents in nine key markets across the country.
- Although scyphozoan sequences are lacking in the HOX1, HOX2, HOX9-14A and CDX groups (figure 1), these absences could be due to non exhaustive sampling from PCR surveys, a full genome sequence being currently lacking for this cnidarian lineage PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- Have exhaustive hearings and do all of that so it's open and transparent, and everybody can participate in it.
- This slow pace results from a methodical and exhaustive research process.
- Toyota, which has hired an independent consulting firm to examine the issue, said as late as Tuesday that exhaustive testing has found no problems with that system.
- Severin's 1976-77 Brendan expedition became his benchmark for exhaustive research and methodical preparation.