Meaning & use
Painstaking
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Done with or characterized by great care, effort, and thoroughness.
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The restoration required painstaking attention to every detail.
Years of painstaking research went into the biography.
A note on using this word
Literally means taking pains, i.e., exerting effort; the word 'pains' here refers to trouble or exertion, not physical hurt.
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Words with an opposite meaning
carelesssloppy
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