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Painstaking
Painstaking
pains·tak·ing
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(adjective)
extending great effort or involving diligent care and effort;
e.g. It was a long and painstaking effort, but the final project was beautiful.
Similar Words
Careful
Conscientious
Fussy
Loving
Meticulous
Scrupulous
Opposite Words
Apathetic
Bold
Cursory
Derelict
Easygoing
Flexible
Impetuous
Imprecise
Inaccurate
Inattentive
Incautious
Indifferent
Lackadaisical
Lax
Lazy
Loose
Mindless
Neglectful
Negligent
Rash
Reckless
Regardless
Relaxed
Remiss
Slack
Slipshod
Sloppy
Slovenly
Undemanding
Undiscriminating
Unfussy
Unguarded
Unrestrained
Unrestricted
Unsafe
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Accurate
Alert
All-out
Assiduous
Attentive
Brassbound
Care
Cast-iron
Chary
Choosy
Circumspect
Dainty
Deliberate
Delicate
Demanding
Determined
Diligence
Diligent
Discriminating
Dogged
Exact
Exacting
Exhaustive
Fastidious
Finicky
Fussy
Gingerly
Hard-line
Heed
Heedful
Indefatigable
Industry
Inexhaustible
Inflexible
Intensive
Mindful
Nice
Observant
Pain
Particular
Patient
Persnickety
Picky
Precise
Rigid
Rigorous
Sedulous
Slow
Strict
Stringent
Studied
Tenacious
Thorough
Thoroughgoing
Thoughtful
Tireless
Uncompromising
Untiring
Vigilant
Zealous
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