PAINSTAKING


Meaning of PAINSTAKING in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a painstaking search (= a very careful search )

Police officers carried out a painstaking search of the area around the house.

painstaking research (= very careful and thorough research )

She spent years carrying out painstaking historical research.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

process

But it is still a painstaking process , and must be done well in advance of play.

All are printed in platinum, an expensive and painstaking process that yields black-and-white prints of great textual richness.

research

It's about painstaking research and laborious testing.

Only by painstaking research are we able to paint an accurate picture of what is really happening.

They have carried out a wealth of painstaking research while consciously seeking to resist the presuppositions of these established camps.

work

But the legend never quite died, and two years ago, Hilton International began the painstaking work of reconstruction.

For all Miss Macdonald's painstaking work , I could not get really interested in these itineraries.

This feature is dedicated to the painstaking work of a gifted man.

Turning out a well-finished car can take 400 hours of painstaking work .

The painstaking work that keeps Blenheim beautiful.

After crash investigators had finished the painstaking work of examining the scene for clues, the plane was partly dismantled.

It took him eight hours of careful, painstaking work to reach the summit.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

painstaking research

They began the long and painstaking task of compiling a bibliography.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A delicate and painstaking examination with her fingertips yielded nothing.

But even the most painstaking officials could overlook some estates.

But the legend never quite died, and two years ago, Hilton International began the painstaking work of reconstruction.

Chris described to her in painstaking detail the story of the cartoon they'd been watching.

Designing the architecture is a painstaking trial-and-error effort.

Knott was kindly, painstaking , cheerful, and imperturbably good-natured.

This involved a painstaking search of the paper dictionary to find examples of each of the special characters.

This involves several days of painstaking work to ensure accurate alignment.

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