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painstaking

adjective

/ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/

Meaning

Done with great care and thoroughness.

The artist completed the project with painstaking detail.

painstaking effort

meticulous, careful, diligent, thorough, precise

careless, negligent, sloppy

painstaking work, painstaking process, painstaking research

Weak, especially due to old age or illness.

considered in comparison to something else; not absolute; comparative

lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning; everlasting

Refusing to change one's mind or accept others' advice easily.

Having firmly decided to do something and not letting anything stop you.

immature and silly; behaving in a way that is typical of a child but inappropriate for an adult