单词 | over-exacting |
释义 | over-exactingadj. Excessively exacting, demanding, or punctilious. ΚΠ 1705 J. 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. 1864 Times 26 Mar. 9/5 It would be somewhat over-exacting to ask him for a third. 1921 Science 17 June 545/2 The crushing out of scientific enthusiasm in really able young mathematicians by an unsympathetic or over-exacting environment. 2000 P. Neville Appeasing Hitler 174 Henderson could be an awkward colleague, being both a querulous subordinate and an overexacting boss. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1705 |
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