demanding
Americanadjective
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requiring or claiming more than is generally felt by others to be due.
a demanding teacher.
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calling for intensive effort or attention; taxing.
a demanding job.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- demandingly adverb
- nondemanding adjective
- overdemanding adjective
- overdemandingly adverb
- quasi-demanding adjective
- quasi-demandingly adverb
- undemanding adjective
Etymology
Origin of demanding
Example Sentences
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Nepali youth staged a demonstration in Kathmandu Sunday, demanding the release of findings into the deadly 2025 uprising, which forced the previous government to collapse.
From Barron's
An aging population will keep demanding more services regardless of what happens in Silicon Valley or the Strait of Hormuz.
"Keith Hornby was the primary carer for his elderly mother and was just taking an hour out of his demanding day to get some fresh air and exercise," he said.
From BBC
The money was good, but the job was physically demanding.
At his best he is brilliant, demanding in the way the best literature is demanding.
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