pains·tak·ing
ˈpān-ˌstā-kiŋ 
: taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
painstaking research
painstaking tasks
painstaking accuracy
: the action of taking pains : diligent care and effort
… greater painstaking to achieve incidental verisimilitude and accuracy of detail …—
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Examples of painstaking in a Sentence
Adjective
The book describes the election process in painstaking detail.
she was always painstaking about her work
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Adjective
What followed was years of painstaking work by volunteers who helped patch the ship up and get it into proper working order again.
—Tom Rivers, ABC News, 18 May 2024
Advertisement The painstaking besmirchment of New York Street was one more twist in the long saga of one of filmdom’s most famous outdoor sets.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
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“Painstaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painstaking. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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