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thoroughgoing

[ thur-oh-goh-ing, -uh-goh-, thuhr- ]

adjective

  1. doing things thoroughly.
  2. carried out to the full extent; thorough.
  3. complete; unqualified:

    a thoroughgoing knave.



thoroughgoing

/ ˈθʌrəˌɡəʊɪŋ /

adjective

  1. extremely thorough
  2. usually prenominal absolute; complete

    thoroughgoing incompetence

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈthoroughˌgoingness, noun
  • ˈthoroughˌgoingly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • thorough·going·ly adverb
  • thorough·going·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thoroughgoing1

First recorded in 1810–20; thorough + going
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Example Sentences

The irrepressible Mr. Ozawa surmounted this prejudice by dint of his outsize personality, thoroughgoing musicianship and sheer hard work.

All three are thoroughgoing conservatives, but all have condemned Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

At a deeper level, Obama explores his search for identity as a man of mixed race and split national heritage, as well as the thoroughgoing problems of racism in America.

On the one hand, he was a thoroughgoing modernist.

But a more thoroughgoing marriage of old and new comes in a new project from Kristin Dickson-Okuda, one of several creators commissioned just for this show.

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