most thoroughgoing

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exhaustive adj.
absolute, utter adj.
complete adj.

ADJECTIVE

exhaustive

Synonyms

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absolute all the way all-embracing all-inclusive all-out assiduous blow-by-blow careful circumstantial clocklike complete comprehensive conscientious detailed efficient exact from A to Z full full-dress in-depth intensive itemized meticulous minute painstaking particular particularized plenty royal scrupulous slam-bang soup to nuts sweeping tough whole-hog

Antonyms

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deficient imperfect inadequate incomplete inexhaustive partial superficial unfinished

ADJECTIVE

absolute, utter

Synonyms

WEAK

arrant complete consummate downright entire out-and-out outright perfect pure rank sheer straight-out total unmitigated unqualified

Antonyms

WEAK

deficient imperfect inadequate incomplete inexhaustive partial superficial unfinished

ADJECTIVE

complete

Synonyms

WEAK

absolute arrant out-and-out unqualified

Antonyms

WEAK

incomplete

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most thoroughgoing

The Master Algorithm, by Pedro Domingos: In clear language, Domingos explains the capabilities and potential of machine learning, offering one of the most thoroughgoing and accessible introductions to the topic in the process.

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2016

This is the most thoroughgoing feminist novel I have ever read.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 1, 2015

Richard Jones’s production, at the Young Vic through Aug. 22, is surely the most thoroughgoing flab-buster in town.

From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2015

I have a 4-year-old daughter who is the most thoroughgoing germ collector known to humankind.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2015

The most thoroughgoing pessimists come from optimistic communities.

From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Henry Seidel Canby