exacting

Verb

• claim as due or just
• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
• present participle and gerund of exact

Adjective

• having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
  • "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"

Adjective Satellite

• severe and unremitting in making demands
  • "an exacting instructor"
• requiring precise accuracy
  • "an exacting job"

Adj

• Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
• Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
• Characterized by exaction.

Synonyms

claim, demand, exact, exigent, fastidious, stern, strict, take, acquisitive, demanding, extortionate, grasping, money-grubbing, niggly, pernickety, rapacious

Antonyms

unfastidious

Related Words

fastidious, meticulous

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