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over-exacting, a.
Brit. |ˌəʊv(ə)rɪgˈzaktɪŋ|, |ˌəʊv(ə)rɛgˈzaktɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈˌoʊvərɪgˈzæktɪŋ|, |ˈˌoʊvərɛgˈzæktɪŋ|
[‹ over- prefix + exacting adj.]
Excessively exacting, demanding, or punctilious.
1705J. Collier Suppl. Great Dict. at Ambrosius de Camaldoli, His studious Temper did not make him Morose or Unpolish'd; neither did the Strictness and Piety of his own Life, make him censorious and over-exacting from other People. 1864Times 26 Mar. 9/5 It would be somewhat over-exacting to ask him for a third. 1921Science 17 June 545/2 The crushing out of scientific enthusiasm in really able young mathematicians by an unsympathetic or over-exacting environment. 2000P. Neville Appeasing Hitler 174 Henderson could be an awkward colleague, being both a querulous subordinate and an overexacting boss. |