nonexhaustive

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adjective

Not exhaustive.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

adjectivenonexhaustive (not comparable)

alternative non-exhaustive

  1. not comparableNot exhaustive.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  16. Proto-Italic*eks
  17. Latinex
  18. Latinex-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-ye-ti
  21. Proto-Italic*auziō
  22. Latinhauriō
  23. Latinexhauriō
  24. Latinexhaustus
  25. Medieval Latinexhaustīvus
  26. Englishexhaustive
  27. Englishnonexhaustive

From non- + exhaustive.

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Translations

Finnish ei tyhjentävä
  • ei tyhjentävänot exhaustive
German nichterschöpfend
  • nichterschöpfendnot exhaustive
Polish niewyczerpujący
  • niewyczerpującynot exhaustive
Cite this entry
APA

nonexhaustive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexhaustive

MLA

“nonexhaustive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexhaustive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonexhaustive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexhaustive.

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