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Definition of painstaking
: the action of taking pains : diligent care and effort painstaking research a painstaking process
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First Known Use of painstaking
1538
painstaking
Definition of painstaking
: taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
Examples of painstaking in a Sentence
The book describes the election process in painstaking detail.
she was always painstaking about her work
Recent Examples of painstaking from the Web
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The search for the brown-eyed killer was brief but painstaking.
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There is the painstaking work of taxonomists who continue to catalogue the earth's estimated 10 quintillion insects; the Greek island beekeepers; and the Zika-fighting mosquitoes in Brazil.
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In addition to the criminal investigation, police and firefighters are continuing painstaking efforts to locate the victims.
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In painstaking terms, Saunders discusses checking into the Westchester Medical Psychiatric Ward at Mt. Sinai Hospital in 2009, all unbeknownst to his ESPN colleagues.
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President Trump announced Thursday the U.S. will withdraw from the landmark Paris accord, undoing decades of painstaking negotiations that brought almost 200 countries together in a fight against climate change.
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Angels manager Mike Scioscia challenged, and the call was overturned after a painstaking review that took 2 minutes, 22 seconds.
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Six months after launching a painstaking probe aimed at English America’s second-oldest church, Jamestown archaeologists have unearthed a jumbled historical puzzle that reaches back 400 years.
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Mueller was driven by a career-long passion for the painstaking work of building successful criminal cases.
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First Known Use of painstaking
circa 1685
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Definition of painstaking for English Language Learners
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: showing or done with great care and effort
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: taking or showing great care painstaking work
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