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importunate

American  
[im-pawr-chuh-nit] / ɪmˈpɔr tʃə nɪt /

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 British  
/ ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnɪt /

adjective

  1. persistent or demanding; insistent

  2. rare troublesome; annoying

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Other Word Forms

  • importunately adverb
  • importunateness noun
  • unimportunate adjective
  • unimportunately adverb
  • unimportunateness noun

Etymology

Origin of importunate

1520–30; importune (adj.) + -ate 1

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