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conscientious

The correct spelling is conscientious.

How to pronounce conscientious

/ˌkɒnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
adjective

IPA: /ˌkɒnʃiˈɛnʃəs/

Say it like: Con-ssee-nsh-ows

The correct spelling is conscientious. Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance. For example: "He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker."

Usage Examples

He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.

The advice of wise and conscientious women.

Definition

adjective

  1. 1.Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance.
  2. 2.Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).

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