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Painstaking is an adjective.
Yes, in painstaking, the ending would be taking.
If we are painstaking in this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are halfway through.
The discussions which had taken place last week had been very painstaking.
You could use it like this, "The assignment was painstaking work." "Finishing off the kitchen cabinets was painstaking!" Use is as a synonym for the word 'hard' or 'exhausting'.
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It is either Prudent or Painstaking.
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The word meticulous is an adjective (painstaking, detailed) not a noun, so it has no plural.
No. Painstaking is the adjective form. The adverb is painstakingly.
It is painstaking work to put a thread through a needle.
After a painstaking search of the house, we found our missing car keys.