painstaking

adjective

pains·tak·ing | \ ˈpān-ˌstā-kiŋ

Definition of painstaking

(Entry 1 of 2)

: taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort painstaking research painstaking tasks painstaking accuracy

painstaking

noun

Definition of painstaking (Entry 2 of 2)

: the action of taking pains : diligent care and effort … greater painstaking to achieve incidental verisimilitude and accuracy of detail … — Times Literary Supplement

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Synonyms & Antonyms for painstaking

Synonyms: Adjective

Antonyms: Adjective

careless

Examples of painstaking in a Sentence

Adjective The book describes the election process in painstaking detail. she was always painstaking about her work

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Cambodian archaeologists have begun the painstaking process of restoring some of the country’s thousands of ransacked temples. — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Oct. 2021 Jeffrey Smith and his wife, Debbie Garrett-Smith, began the painstaking restoration process in 2016. — Steven Lindsey, Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2021 Deb also wrote about the painstaking process to design the seats for the venue’s two theaters. — Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021 Hadar Gad uses her painstaking process to paint the disassembly of Danzig’s Great Synagogue. — Chloe Sarbib, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Sep. 2021 Then began a very painstaking effort: Azoulay, Heggeness, MIT PhD candidate Wesley Greenblatt, and a team of helpers Googled each of the applicants who interviewed for the program during that decade. — Viviane Callier, Wired, 6 Sep. 2021 Expanding into other areas is a painstaking process that involves constant testing and retesting, mapping and remapping. — New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021 The announcement capped a painstaking effort, much of it done by hand, to identify the remains of all those who died in the tower collapse on June 24. — Deborah Acosta, WSJ, 27 July 2021 The painstaking search that began in the early morning hours of June 24 after two massive sections of the 12-story oceanfront building abruptly gave way is approaching its end. — Washington Post, 23 July 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun And after that painstaking work, sharks like Freya can be monitored to give scientists invaluable information on their migratory patterns. — BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021 Now the Suns have flourished in his painstaking, perfection-demanding wake. — New York Times, 21 May 2021 Some marketers have been making their own painstaking, case-by-case evaluations of the platforms. — Nat Ives, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2020 Both Corker and Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, credited McCarry with leading the painstaking, behind-the-scenes negotiations. — Joshua Goodman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2018

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