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painstaken

painstaken adjective: eggcorn of painstaking.

Adjective

painstaken (comparative more painstaken, superlative most painstaken)

  1. (rare) Eggcorn of painstaking.

Forms of painstaken

comparativemore painstaken
superlativemost painstaken

Questions about painstaken

What does painstaken mean?
Painstaken means eggcorn of painstaking.
What part of speech is painstaken?
Painstaken is an adjective.

Words near painstaken in the dictionary

  1. painsluts
  2. painsome
  3. painsomnia
  4. painsong
  5. painsongs
  6. painstaken
  7. painstakenly
  8. painstaker
  9. painstakers
  10. painstaking
  11. painstakingly

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