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• s  characterized by extreme care and great effort
  conscientious application to the work at hand
• a  guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
  a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice

• A conscientious objection applicant is sent to Iraq; he thinks he shouldn't be there at all.
• His conscientious-objector application is being processed, but so far, one military official has recommended against its approval, he said.
• Like any conscientious movie critic, I do what I can to avoid clichs, and since I am only human I dont always succeed.

• painstaking
• scrupulous

• unconscientious

News & Articles

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• PhillyDeals: Collapse tragedy points to deeper city shortcomings
  Running Philadelphia can look like a child's game. Rock, paper, scissors: After landlord Richard Basciano hired a bankrupt contractor recommended by a formerly bankrupt architect to hire a marijuana-smoking ex-offender to knock down a building on Center City's main street, a few knowledgeable and conscientious citizens - an arc
  June 12, 2013 - Philly.com
• Edward Snowden: Criminal or Model Citizen?
  If everything Edward Snowden says is true, he is a criminal whose actions may have endangered American lives. He is also a conscientious citizen, risking career and liberty to expose what he believes to be grave wrongdoing. This is the paradox underlying government surveillance programs in general, and in particular the shaky foundations of the U.S. national security apparatus.
  June 11, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Martin Luther King in Canada Free Press
  Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
• Edward Kennedy in Forbes
  I therefore intend to oppose this nomination,Kennedy said in remarks prepared for the Senate floor. "Judge Mukasey appears to be a careful, conscientious and intelligent lawyer, and he has served our country honorably for many years. But...
• Mike Babcock in 940 News
  I've been telling people for three years how good Zetterberg is,said Babcock. "And so this isn't a surprise to me. He's just a conscientious good two-way player. So is Datsyuk."