meticulousness

noun

Definition of meticulousnessnext
as in carefulness
strict attentiveness to what one is doing he dressed himself with uncharacteristic meticulousness, which made us suspect he was going on a date

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  1. attention
  2. care
  3. conscientiousness
  4. precision
Noun
  • But, right now, any missed vote gets a lot of attention.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The Schumacher family has been at the center of public attention for a long time, particularly due to Michael Schumacher's illustrious career.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of attention
Noun
  • Hospitals can further personalize care by using data from these tools to tailor XR content to each patient’s needs, focusing on areas of confusion or concern.
    Alon Zuckerman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Amazon also discourages injured workers from receiving outside medical care, and its internal practices force workers who need care to return to work too soon, the report said.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of care
Noun
  • Just as the Big Five Personality Traits model helps identify key dimensions of personality—like openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness—successful leadership today requires understanding and adapting management styles to the unique attributes of each individual.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But praise is not the absence of conscientiousness, which Berger excelled in.
    Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of conscientiousness
Noun
  • Hansi Flick’s Barcelona are a young team whose high-risk approach requires an incredible amount of precision.
    Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Several hours earlier, the military said U.S forces conducted precision airstrikes against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility used by the Houthis and shot down multiple uncrewed aerial vehicles and an anti-ship cruise missile.
    Nathan Luna, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of precision
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