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importunate

[ im-pawr-chuh-nit ]

adjective

  1. urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
  2. pertinacious, as solicitations or demands.
  3. troublesome; annoying:

    importunate demands from the children for attention.



importunate

/ ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnɪt /

adjective

  1. persistent or demanding; insistent
  2. rare.
    troublesome; annoying
“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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Derived Forms

  • imˈportunately, adverb
  • imˈportunateness, noun
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Other Words From

  • im·portu·nate·ly adverb
  • im·portu·nate·ness noun
  • unim·portu·nate adjective
  • unim·portu·nate·ly adverb
  • unim·portu·nate·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of importunate1

1520–30; importune (adj.) + -ate 1
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Example Sentences

Wordsworth has illustrated how an unwise and importunate demand for a reason from a child may drive him into invention.

Another rap, louder and more importunate, echoed through the large room.

"My men and I have a devilish importunate creditor," said he, slapping his stomach.

Somewhere near her feet the cricket gave out an importunate chirp.

The memories of that time, and of the importunate thoughts that had haunted him then, at the opening of life, returned to him now.

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