out-and-out

• Verstärkendes Adjektiv, das verwendet wird, um etwas als absolut, vollständig oder in jeder Hinsicht gegeben zu beschreiben.

An intensifying adjective used to describe something that is absolute, complete, or thorough in every respect.

1. Complete and absoluteB2informal

   Total and without any restriction or qualification; used to emphasize the extreme nature of something.

   Vollkommen und absolut

   • That was an out-and-out lie.
   • He is an out-and-out professional in his field.
   • The project was an out-and-out failure from the start.

   Synonymeabsolutearrantcompletedownrightoutrightranksheerthoroughtotalunmitigatedunqualifiedutter

   Antonymeconditionalincompletelimitedpartialqualifiedrestricted