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hardworking

adjectiveattested in dialogue

  • //ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ//

Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

    “My team and manager are exceptional; they are hardworking, talented, and supportive,” noted one respondent. “The company as a whole really focuses on their employees and that is very important to me.”

    It exacerbates homelessness, slows family formation, prevents workers from moving to opportunity and puts an enormous strain on the budgets of hardworking people.

Etymology

From hard + working.

Forms

comparative
more hardworking
superlative
most hardworking
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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