"all around" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} all around
  1. Including everything about a topic; overall, all-encompassing. Synonyms: exhaustive, thorough, comprehensive Translations (including everything about a topic): ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios) (Ancient Greek), tutĉirkaŭ (Esperanto), en conxunto (Galician), komplett (German), vollständig (German), multilateral [masculine] (Romanian), кругом (krugom) (Russian), со всех сторон (so vsex storon) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-all_around-en-adj-W3iwYFGr Disambiguation of 'including everything about a topic': 96 2 1
  2. In every respect.
    Sense id: en-all_around-en-adj--4i9YK3y
  3. For each person.
    Sense id: en-all_around-en-adj-uXmiseNF

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          "text": "That's, of course, overlooking the fact that the Foundation grabbed some teenage girls off the street, experimented on them, chucked them underground, and forgot about them. Maybe, if that plan had actually worked to save humanity, there'd be some arguments there, but, as it is, it's really just a bad look all around.",
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