scrupulous

scrupulous
adjective
gewissenhaft [Person]; unbedingt [Ehrlichkeit]; peinlich [Sorgfalt]

pay scrupulous attention to something — peinlich auf etwas (Akk.) achten

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['skru:pjuləs]
adjective
(careful in attending to detail, doing nothing wrong, dishonest etc: He is scrupulous in his handling of the accounts; scrupulous attention to instructions.) voller Bedenken
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- scrupulousness
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scru·pu·lous
[ˈskru:pjələs]
adj
1. (extremely moral) gewissenhaft
to be too \scrupulous to do sth zu viele Skrupel haben, etw zu tun
2. (extremely careful) [peinlich] genau
▪ to be \scrupulous about/in sth es mit etw dat sehr genau nehmen
\scrupulous cleanliness peinlichste Sauberkeit
\scrupulous fairness/honesty kompromisslose Gerechtigkeit/Ehrlichkeit
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['skruːpjʊləs]
adj
person, organization gewissenhaft; honesty, fairness unbedingt, kompromisslos; cleanliness peinlich; account (peinlich) genau

he can't afford to be too scrupulous — er kann sich keine allzu großen Skrupel leisten

he is not too scrupulous in his business dealings — er hat keine allzu großen Skrupel bei seinen Geschäften

she is not too scrupulous in matters of cleanliness — sie nimmt es mit der Sauberkeit nicht so genau

to be scrupulous in doing sth — etw sehr gewissenhaft tun

to be scrupulous about sth — mit etw sehr gewissenhaft sein

the kitchen staff are scrupulous about hygiene — das Küchenpersonal nimmt es mit der Hygiene sehr genau

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scrupulous adj (adv scrupulously)
1. voller Skrupel oder Bedenken
2. (über)gewissenhaft, peinlich (genau):
scrupulously clean peinlich sauber
3. vorsichtig, ängstlich
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adjective
gewissenhaft [Person]; unbedingt [Ehrlichkeit]; peinlich [Sorgfalt]

pay scrupulous attention to something — peinlich auf etwas (Akk.) achten

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adj.
bedenklich adj.
ängstlich adj.

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