assiduous

[uh-sij-oo-uhs] / əˈsɪdʒ u əs /

ADJECTIVE

hard-working

Synonyms

STRONGEST

diligent exacting indefatigable laborious scrupulous zealous

WEAK

active attentive busy constant eager beaver grinding industrious persevering plugging sedulous steady studious unflagging untiring whiz

Antonyms

STRONGEST

indifferent lazy lethargic negligent

WEAK

neglectful

Example Sentences

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In fact the assignors themselves were for the most part White Russian refugees who lost their Soviet citizenship vhen they fled from Russia, or citizens of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Esthonia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chapman, assignors to Manning, Bowman & Co. of Meriden, Conn., were granted a United States patent on a coffee percolator.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

William A. Hamor and Charles W. Trigg, Pittsburgh, assignors to John E. King, Detroit, were granted a United States patent in 1919 on a process for making a new soluble coffee.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

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