no stone unturned

ADJECTIVE

exhaustive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comprehensive encyclopedic extensive full-scale in-depth intensive sweeping thorough

WEAK

all-embracing all-encompassing all-out catholic embracive far-reaching from A to Z full full dress full-blown out-and-out profound radical the word thoroughgoing total whole-hog

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exclusive incomplete incomprehensive narrow partial superficial uncomprehensive

WEAK

excluding unfinished

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no stone unturned

They want pay-outs for victims of crime to be increased, with the Ministry of Justice saying it is leaving "no stone unturned to make sure brave survivors get the support they deserve".

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

Medicaid is a needs-based program, with strict financial requirements, so leave no stone unturned.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026

"The government will leave no stone unturned to conduct the election in a clean, fair, fearless, and peaceful manner," Sushila Karki, the interim prime minister, said late Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

But he added that they were still "working 24/7" and "leaving no stone unturned".

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

The paper demanded that the law “leave no stone unturned to ferret out the perpetrators and bring them to justice.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

no stone unturned

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