unturned

Examples

• All

• I will leave no stone unturned.

  A Simple Favor (2018)

• We must leave no stone unturned.

  Cinderella (2015)

• We are now putting that right and we will leave no stone unturned to put that right.

• We will leave no rock unturned.

  D.E.B.S. (2005)

• Apparently, no stone is left unturned.

  Academic text (1994)

• No stone's been left unturned.

  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

• Grace instructed his employees to leave no stone unturned in their search to root out inefficiency.

  Patrick Boyle

• "The new administration isn't going to leave any stone unturned," Crosby said.

  Blog text (10)

• However, the president, leaving no stone unturned, has... called upon our most noted congressional leaders in this field to begin a thorough, intensive, painstaking, and exhaustive investigation into the backgrounds and origins of this... interesting quirk of nature.

  Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)

• The investigation into the missing funds will leave no stone unturned in its effort to uncover the truth.

Synonyms

U

unexplored

vsunturned

21 4.9

Not yet found or studied

is the broader idea of things left not investigated or dealt with

U

unexamined

vsunturned

9 4.3

Not checked or thought about carefully

is wider, covering anything left not examined or addressed

U

uninvestigated

vsunturned

1 6.8

Not looked into to find the cause or facts

is less formal and covers general lack of investigation

U

unresearched

vsunturned

1 5.9

Not carefully studied and without good proof

is more general, applying to any matter left unexplored

U

unsearched

vsunturned

1 4.9

Not looked through or checked for something

is broader, not limited to searching for particular items

U

unplumbed

vsunturned

• Literature

1 9.9

Too deep to be measured or explored

is broader, covering any uninvestigated or untouched matter

U

unexcavated

vsunturned

• Specialized

1 6.6

Not yet dug up or explored under the ground

is the general idea of something left not examined or handled

U

untracked

vsunturned

1 7.7

A place where there are no paths or roads and very few people have been

is a wider term for things not investigated or dealt with

U

unanalyzed

vsunturned

7.0

Not examined in detail for study

focuses more generally on things left not investigated

U

unpenetrated

vsunturned

9.1

Not yet explored or understood

is more neutral, meaning simply not examined or dealt with

Antonyms

E

to examine

868 2.5

To look at something carefully to find facts or problems

Idioms

L

to leave no stone unturned

• Informal

8 4.4

Try every possible way and search everywhere to achieve a goal

How Examined

discovered

2.6

unturned

5 5.7

unnoticed

57 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology