exhaustive

Modifying Another Word

• neither: Note that with all the reading lists my guidance is neither exhaustive nor prescriptive.
• necessarily: I have collected a not necessarily exhaustive list of transcripts from various sources.
• not: The list is not exhaustive, simply a starting point.
• fairly: The list of offenses is fairly exhaustive, tho there are a few others that we would like to see included.
• pretty: Now speaking of Shakey, there was a pretty exhaustive Neil Young biographer a couple years back with the name Shakey.
• very: They are not very exhaustive, perhaps the development team did not have enough time to write more complete tutorials.

Preposition: as

• report: This list is not exhaustive as some reports have not yet been received or meetings reported on.

Modifies a noun

• concordance: The most comprehensive type of concordance ( called an exhaustive concordance ) will include every word in the Bible.
• list: There is no complete exhaustive list of relevant elements.
• bibliography: She provides a helpful glossary and chronology, an exhaustive bibliography, three maps, and a table.
• search: Perform a complete exhaustive search for a 128-bit key.
• testing: The next few months will see the development of detailed procedural documentation and there are plans for exhaustive testing over the summer.
• inquiry: This is now the fourth exhaustive inquiry that has dealt with the issue.

Used with adjective complement

• mean: A: The following list is by no means exhaustive.
• regard: Those set out in Appendix 1 are examples of more commonly found types, but the list provided should not be regarded as exhaustive.
• consider: Final Note This guidance should not be considered exhaustive.
• seem: His treatment of linguistic matters seems exhaustive compared to Robertson, who in comparison seems almost to ignore it.

Preposition: in

• detail: A definite improvement over the US prints, the picture is exhaustive in detail.