hard-working
adjective/ˌhɑːd ˈwɜːkɪŋ/
/ˌhɑːrd ˈwɜːrkɪŋ/
- putting a lot of effort into a job and doing it well
- hard-working nurses
- I want to stand up for all the decent, hard-working families in this country.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHard-working is used with these nouns:- employee
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