exhaustive /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/ adjective2 •Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.We made an exhaustive list. •(no longer used) Causing exhaustion; very tiring.Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court. — 1878 formsmore exhaustive · most exhaustive