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painstaking

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adjective

pains·​tak·​ing ˈpān-ˌstā-kiŋ How to pronounce painstaking (audio)
: taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
painstaking research
painstaking tasks
painstaking accuracy
painstakingly
ˈpān-ˌstā-kiŋ-lē How to pronounce painstaking (audio)
adverb

painstaking

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noun

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

Synonyms

Adjective

Example Sentences

Adjective The book describes the election process in painstaking detail. she was always painstaking about her work
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
De Groot, then 26, described her job to one participant on the trip and mentioned the painstaking work of watching security footage. Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022 Legal experts worried about the precedent: that the painstaking work of pushing a case to a resolution through a backlogged judicial system could easily be overturned. Mujib Mashal, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022 Legal experts worried about the precedent: that the painstaking work of pushing a case to a resolution through a backlogged judicial system could easily be overturned. New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022 His calligraphy was painstaking and perfect, much like the Egyptian scribes whose work on scrolls of papyrus was revered above that of all other professions. Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 Identifying the victims was painstaking because among the pitfalls were fake or stolen documents. Juan Lozano, Fabiola Sánchez And Maria Verza, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2022 Sometimes that's painstaking, algorithm creation for the new impediment followed by long-term machine learned calibrations and retesting in the field. Steve Tengler, Forbes, 15 June 2022 This is a long score — two hours and 45 minutes of music — and its pace conspicuously slows during a blood bath finale that unfolds with painstaking, even painful, deliberation. New York Times, 15 May 2022 Some games, like Capcom's Mega Man 9 and 10, are painstaking in their devotion to the original console's aesthetic. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2021
Noun
It’s all open road but painstaking going, with frequent military checkpoints. Michael G. Seamans, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022 Decades of painstaking, sometimes dangerous, work by a handful of committed ranchers and animal scientists have helped restore the population to over 8,000. Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2022 Maybe that’s why Keenan Scott II — who spent a dozen painstaking years perfecting the play that officially opened Wednesday at Broadway’s Golden Theatre — identifies his characters by emotion, attribute or condition, rather than name. Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021 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 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1685, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1538, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of painstaking was in 1538

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