conscientious
conscientious
Definition
con·sci·en·tious (kän′s̸hē en′s̸həs)
adjective
- governed by, or made or done according to, what one knows is right; scrupulous; honest
- showing care and precision; painstaking
Etymology: Fr conscientieux < ML conscientiosus: see conscience & -ous
con′·sci·en′·tiously adverb
con′·sci·en′·tious·ness noun
conscientious
Synonyms
conscientious
modif.
conscientious
Usage Examples
Preposition: with
- ability: Must be customer focused and conscientious with the ability to work as part of a team willing and able to support your peers.
- regard: Prony seems to have lost heart for the continuing struggle and to have been less conscientious with regard to his duties as examiner.
Preposition: than
- man: Women ( 94 per cent ) are more conscientious than men ( 86 per cent ) at wearing a seatbelt.
Modifies a noun
- objector: Back to the top I'm not a conscientious objector - why should I be involved in the campaign?
- objection: Are people with a conscientious objection able to counsel patients?
- scruple: In this case there were no conscientious scruples to overcome.
- historian: Is the " conscientious historian " standard therefore biased in favor of maintenance of the status quo?
- clause: There is a conscientious objection clause for medical staff, with provision for the patient to be referred to another doctor.
- effort: What the commission asks of you is to make a conscientious good-faith effort to serve the public interest.
Modifying Another Word
- extremely: He was extremely conscientious from the very first day of the investigation.
- very: They are very conscientious about not taking advantage of the goodwill of professionals.
- too: Synopsis: Student John Burnham is just too conscientious and too hard-working.
- so: Few writers of fiction have been so exact or so conscientious as he was regarding his facts.
- highly: She was an only child and had been highly conscientious and hard working, with little time for play.
Used with adjective complement
- become: But actually the children became more conscientious about their own learning.
- seek: TRANSLATION CO-ORDINATOR We are seeking conscientious, motivated individuals to join our busy administrative tea.
- do: Brown & Root probably does as conscientious a job for the government as the next contractor.
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