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Demanding

//dəˈmændɪŋ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.

    "This bike is built to withstand even the most demanding terrain."

  2. 2
    Making great demands in terms of quality, quantity, accuracy or other criteria; difficult to satisfy.

    "Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:fastidious"

Adjective
  1. 1
    requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of demand form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From demand + -ing.

Etymology 2

From demand + -ing.

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