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conscientious

adjective

characterized by extreme care and great effort

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Word Facts

Word length
13
Starts with
C
Ends with
S
Contains
ON
Scrabble score
17
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. characterized by extreme care and great effort

    “conscientious application to the work at hand”

adjective

  1. guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong

    “a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”

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Example Sentences

conscientious application to the work at hand
painstaking research
scrupulous attention to details
a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice

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