exhaustive: Meaning and Definition of
ex•haus•tive
Pronunciation: (ig-zôs'tiv), [key]
— adj.
- 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.
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