Antonyms for hard-working

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hahrd-wur-king

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrdˈwɜr kɪŋ

Definition of hard-working

Origin : also hardworking, 1774, from hard + working (see work).

As in painstaking : adj meticulous, thorough
As in sedulous : adj assiduous
As in studious : adj scholarly, attentive
As in tireless : adj determined
As in active : adj very involved in activity
As in unwearied : adj tireless
As in weariless : adj tireless

Example sentences :

His father was a hard-working labourer of the parish of St. Austell, in Cornwall.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

A hard-working little chap, his days were filled with sharp suspense.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Doubtless, however, he considered her strong and hard-working.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

I want to have from yourself what like the people are,—are they as hard-working, are they as 'cute as our own?
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

He, this man who had robbed me of my hard-working, purposeful existence.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

For the hard-working man there is plenty of work—if you really want it.
Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott

You give me to understand that he is steady, hard-working, and properly ambitious.
Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope

My scholar has been left very poor, but he is hard-working and industrious.
Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle

His wife was known as a hard-working woman, and that was all that could be learned about her.
Extract from : « The Expressman and the Detective » by Allan Pinkerton

She was a hard-working, honest, and well-meaning soul, but she was not her husband's equal.
Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade

Synonyms for hard-working

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