more diligent

ADJECTIVE

persevering, hard-working

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active assiduous attentive careful conscientious eager earnest indefatigable industrious painstaking persistent studious tireless

WEAK

busy constant eager beaver grind laborious occupied operose persisting pertinacious plugging sedulous steadfast unflagging unrelenting untiring

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless disinterested idle ignorant inactive inattentive lazy neglectful thoughtless tired uncareful unconcerned unenthusiastic unscrupulous weary

WEAK

indifferent languid lethargic negligent

Example Sentences

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more diligent

I had to be more diligent about closing windows on the Neo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

But now I’m a lot more diligent with what I’m spending money on.

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

Middleton believes that a by-product of coaches being more diligent with tackle technique is that the game becomes more entertaining to watch because of fewer stoppages to review high tackles.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025

“I could have been more diligent at different times, but that’s the extent of it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

I'll be more diligent and log every day.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir