exigent

American  

[ek-si-juhnt] / ˈɛk sɪ dʒənt /

adjective

1. requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.

2. requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable.

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exigent British  

/ ˈɛksɪdʒənt /

adjective

1. urgent; pressing

2. exacting; demanding

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Other Word Forms

• exigently adverb
• nonexigent adjective
• nonexigently adverb
• unexigent adjective
• unexigently adverb

Etymology

Origin of exigent

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exigent- (stem of exigēns ) (present participle of exigere to drive out, demand), equivalent to ex- ex- ¹ + -ig- (combining form of agere to drive) + -ent- -ent

Example Sentences

That may happen as he gains more experience with Beethoven’s most exigent score.

From Los Angeles Times

Under best practices for policing, officers are never to shoot into moving vehicles except in exigent circumstances, and are trained to avoid placing themselves in harm’s way.

From Los Angeles Times

There are a few, such as consent searches and exigent circumstances where someone is in danger or evidence is about to be destroyed.

From Salon

After the ruling, ICE released guidance directing agents to generally give migrants slated for removal to a third country “at least 24 hours” notice, but as little as six hours in “exigent circumstances.”

From Los Angeles Times

He also said that exigent circumstances — protests that sprang up against immigration raids — shifted conditions at the facility, thus impacting clients’ access to attorneys.

From Los Angeles Times