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hardworking

[ hahrd-wur-king ]

/ ˈhɑrdˈwɜr kɪŋ /

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adjective

industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.

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Origin of hardworking

First recorded in 1765–75; hard + working

Words nearby hardworking

Hardwick, Hardwick Hall, hard-wired, hardwiring, hardwood, hardworking, hardy, hardy ageratum, hard yards, Hardy-Weinberg law, hare

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How to use hardworking in a sentence

Almost all of these hardworking families have — and need — multiple vehicles.
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The deep dish is pricier and too heavy and rich to eat every day, but tavern style is practical and shareable, a win-win for the city’s hardworking people.
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The Can-Am Off-Road vehicle lineup includes side-by-side vehicles and ATVs designed to outperform, no matter the task, from hardworking utility needs to exploring the world in a purpose-built-for-anything high-performance machine.
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Don’t kick a hardworking entrepreneur down who is just trying to get their project out there and show it the world.
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Whatever I have accomplished here, I stand on the shoulders of all who came before me as well as Fortune’s current crew of hardworking, ambitious, talented, and committed journalists.
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Life can be tough in West Virginia, especially for the hardworking souls of coal country.
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The majority of these people are hardworking, law-abiding citizens who believe in strong family values.
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He relegated his vice president, meanwhile, to a group of “some hardworking, effective…people around me…and I love them to death.”
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Congress, give these hardworking, responsible Americans that chance.
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Successful, hardworking parents who—with kids grown and out of the house—are ready to be themselves once more.
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Hardworking and upright, being reared in sternness and poverty.
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Paul is a good son, hardworking, and on the road to success, but of course the initial expenses of his profession are tremendous.
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The mother was a hardworking woman, toiling from morning to night for her family.
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For, as a general rule, the hardworking Indian woman is more strongly developed in proportion than her lazy lord.
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In practice the societies mainly consist of their officials, and these are few and hardworking.
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British Dictionary definitions for hardworking

hard-working

adjective

(of a person) industrious; diligent

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