单词 | inexhaustive |
释义 | inexhaustiveadj. Not exhaustive. 1. = inexhaustible adj.; exhaustless. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > inexhaustible bottomlessa1450 unconsumable1571 inexhaustiblea1631 inexhaurible1658 exhaustless1712 inexhaustive1728 inexhaustless1739 unbottomed1766 drainless1817 1728 J. Thomson Spring 24 Ah where find Words..whose Power..may perfume my Lays With that fine Oil, these aromatic Gales, Which inexhaustive flow continual round. 1799 R. Southey Eng. Eclogues in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 166 Contemplate..What inexhaustive springs of public wealth The vast design required. 1838 Fraser's Mag. 18 525 The sea..nourishes an inexhaustive store of shells. 2. That does not exhaust the subject dealt with. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough > not exhaustive inexhaustive1865 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 May 11 It [a book] is admittedly desultory and inexhaustive. Derivatives ineˈxhaustively adv. in an inexhaustive manner; inexhaustibly; in a way that does not exhaust the matter. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] > inexhaustibly bottomlessly1594 inexhaustibly1694 exhaustlessly1766 inexhaustively1882 1882 J. R. Seeley Nat. Relig. 122 Occupation for the thought so inexhaustively interesting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1728 |
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