Meaning & use
thoroughness
The quality of doing something carefully and completely, attending to every detail without cutting corners.
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The inspector's thoroughness meant she checked every wire in the building before signing off.
Her thoroughness in reviewing the contract caught an error the lawyers had overlooked twice.
A note on using this word
Thoroughness emphasizes completeness of effort, while meticulousness emphasizes precise attention to small details; the two often overlap.
Words with a similar meaning
diligencemeticulousness
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Words with an opposite meaning
carelessness
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