exhaustive

Etymology

From exhaust + -ive.

adj

  1. Including every possible element
    We made an exhaustive list.
  2. Fully comprehensive
  3. (now rare) Causing exhaustion; very tiring
    Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court. 1878, John Henry Blunt, The Reformation of the Church of England: A. D. 1514-1547, page 98
    Chopping and hauling wood was exhaustive work. Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength. 2013, Gloria Linkey, Native American Women: Three Who Changed History

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