out-and-out

• Adjetivo enfático que se usa para describir algo absoluto, completo o total en todos los sentidos, a menudo con connotación negativa o de intensidad.

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.

   total y absoluto

   • 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.

   Sinónimosabsolutearrantcompletedownrightoutrightranksheerthoroughtotalunmitigatedunqualifiedutter

   Antónimosconditionalincompletelimitedpartialqualifiedrestricted