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dissecting

ADJECTIVE

analytical

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analytic cogent detailed diagnostic interpretive investigative penetrating rational scientific systematic thorough

WEAK

conclusive discrete explanatory expository inquiring inquisitive judicious logical organized perceptive perspicuous precise problem-solving questioning ratiocinative reasonably searching solid sound studious subtle testing valid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cursory

WEAK

chaotic disorganized illogical synthetical unsystematic

ADJECTIVE

analytic/analytical

Synonyms

WEAK

cogent conclusive detailed diagnostic discrete explanatory expository inquiring inquisitive interpretive investigative judicious logical organized penetrating perceptive perspicuous precise problem-solving questioning ratiocinative rational reasonable scientific searching solid sound studious subtle systematic testing thorough valid well-grounded

Example Sentences

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But investors were already dissecting the summations of the talks issued by the two countries afterward.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

It was akin to all those hours I spent online once upon a time, dissecting clues down to their bones.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

This required extremely delicate lab work, including dissecting individual nurse bees.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Yet the majority of the songs were concerned with a broken relationship, hopelessly dissecting what went wrong.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

I remembered gutting fish with Sookie the day we talked about why Mom liked dissecting things.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen