Adjective
exhaustive (comparative more exhaustive, superlative most exhaustive)
- Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.
- Synonym: all-encompassing
- Hypernyms: thorough, comprehensive; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive
We made an exhaustive list.
- (now rare) Causing exhaustion; very tiring.
- Synonyms: tiring, weariful; see also Thesaurus:fatiguing
1878, John Henry Blunt, The Reformation of the Church of England: A. D. 1514-1547, page 98:Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court.
2013, Gloria Linkey, Native American Women: Three Who Changed History:Chopping and hauling wood was exhaustive work. Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength.
Translations
including every possible element