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demanding

[dih-man-ding, -mahn-]

adjective

  1. requiring or claiming more than is generally felt by others to be due.

    a demanding teacher.

  2. calling for intensive effort or attention; taxing.

    a demanding job.



demanding

/ ɪˈɑːԻɪŋ /

adjective

  1. requiring great patience, skill, etc

    a demanding job

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • demandingly adverb
  • nondemanding adjective
  • overdemanding adjective
  • overdemandingly adverb
  • quasi-demanding adjective
  • quasi-demandingly adverb
  • undemanding adjective
  • ˈԻ徱Բ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of demanding1

First recorded in 1520–30; demand + -ing 2
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took his anger to the Senate floor, demanding "immediate answers" for "what the hell went on."

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"United States Senator Alex Padilla was representing the millions of Californians who are demanding answers to this Administration's actions in Southern California," she said on Twitter.

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Sen. Adam Schiff, our other California senator, came to his colleague’s defense, demanding an investigation.

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Kennedy said the new members "have each committed to demanding definitive safety and efficacy data before making any new vaccine recommendations."

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Strangely — or maybe not so strangely — at the same time that the U.S. is deporting such “despicable human beings,” it’s demanding the extradition of others, including dozens of Mexicans.

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