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

/ dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ /

adjective

1. requiring great patience, skill, etc

   a demanding job

Other Word Forms

• demandingly adverb
• nondemanding adjective
• overdemanding adjective
• overdemandingly adverb
• quasi-demanding adjective
• quasi-demandingly adverb
• undemanding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of demanding¹

First recorded in 1520–30; demand + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The investigations required highly demanding supercomputer simulations that consumed millions of CPU hours on Frankfurt's "Goethe" supercomputer and Stuttgart's "Hawk."

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This developing plot line, however, stays in the background as customers turn up demanding to look like Beyoncé or requesting micro braids, a labor-intensive torture for overworked hands.

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Democrats are fighting to get the subsidies extended and are demanding that Republicans reverse the Medicaid cuts.

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In a statement to Fox News Digital, Attorney General Pam Bondi said that after “demanding” that the app be removed, Apple acquiesced.

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All of this is demanding physically, and some of his poor on-the-ball actions may be down to fatigue.

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