painstaking

No, those are painstaking ideas that take years and years to develop.

For the other four painstaking days when the show isn't on air, we're sharing our opinions and theories with everyone from colleagues to strangers online.

Getting to this point has taken months of painstaking indirect negotiations, not least because Israel and Hamas completely distrust each other.

Since the painstaking technique of stop-motion animation relies literally on the artists’ handicraft, this tracks brilliantly.

The Neelemans have angrily denounced Agnew's article, even though she produced the audio interview that showed the painstaking accuracy of her portrayal.