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Diligent

Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.

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Assiduous 84% connected

Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting.

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Assiduous 84% connected

Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting.

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Industrious 84% connected

Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly impl…

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Industrious 84% connected

Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly impl…

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Patient 84% connected

Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

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Patient 84% connected

Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

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Sedulous 84% connected

Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduo…

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Sedulous 84% connected

Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduo…

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Tireless 84% connected

Untiring.

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Tireless 84% connected

Untiring.

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Diligence 74% connected

The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Diligence 74% connected

The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.

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Busy 66% connected

Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a…

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Busy 66% connected

Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a…

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Careful 66% connected

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Careful 66% connected

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Synonym 1

Persevering 92% connected

of Persevere

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Negligent 94% connected

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

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Negligent 94% connected

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

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