whole mess

NOUN

whole caboodle

Synonyms

WEAK

all of it full measure full monty kit and caboodle limit whole ball of wax whole bit whole deal whole hog whole kit and boodle whole kit and caboodle whole nine yards whole shebang whole shooting match whole show whole shtick works

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Even if they prove fairly insulated from a wipeout, they do stand to lose significant business from the whole mess.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Compliance means adding reverse-osmosis stages, more ion-exchange capacity, additional sensors, cloud-monitoring platforms, and consultants to integrate the whole mess.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

In a family kitchen in Ohio, another skips the eggs entirely but slides the whole mess — pasta, sauce, meat, cheese — into the oven, no recipe in sight.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025

What is interesting about this whole mess is that it does not seem to have reignited tensions between Rayner and Starmer.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2024

I saw the delicate, pink-mottled claw meat poking seductively through its blanket of mayonnaise and the bland yellow pear cup with its rim of alligator-green cradling the whole mess.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

whole mess

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