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demanding vs exigent

Both 'demanding' and 'exigent' are correct terms in English, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Demanding' is more commonly used to describe a person or task that requires a lot of effort or attention. On the other hand, 'exigent' is less common and tends to be used in formal or literary contexts to describe situations that require immediate attention or action.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 1242 views

demanding

This is a commonly used term in English to describe something that requires a lot of effort or attention.

It is used to describe tasks, jobs, or people that are difficult, challenging, or require a high level of effort or skill.

Examples:

She has a demanding job that requires long hours and attention to detail.
The teacher set a demanding assignment that will test the students' knowledge and skills.
He is a demanding boss who expects high performance from his employees.

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Community environmental legislation is particularly voluminous and demanding.
Not really, unless you were acting all prissy and demanding.
Yves Clyde has a new client who's proved very demanding.
Westminster's hardly mother friendly, let alone holding down a demanding Cabinet post.
So he's demanding and unreasonable.
Because sexpionage can be so much more demanding than espionage.
Zilu, you are headstrong and demanding...
I had no idea selling Xerox machines was so demanding.
I have the more demanding job.
She's so... rigid and demanding.
Peter Pan is a very vocally demanding role for a woman.
Their dad could be... demanding.
We understand our clients demanding changes.
We understand our clients have demanding schedules.
Yesterday, he telegrammed demanding a divorce.
The current market for EEE is demanding greener products.
The terrorists are demanding a Federation negotiator.
Simply demanding results will not guaranteed.
Parliament is demanding the Commission's full cooperation, however.
This is a demanding operation for the banks and cash-in-transit companies.

Alternatives:

challenging
difficult
taxing
arduous
strenuous

exigent

This term is less common in everyday language and is usually used in formal or literary contexts to describe situations that require immediate attention or action.

It is used to describe urgent or pressing situations that demand immediate action or attention.

Examples:

The president faced an exigent crisis that required swift decision-making.
The doctor's response to the exigent medical emergency saved the patient's life.
The exigent circumstances forced them to act quickly and decisively.

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He's very exigent, Which I like.
I will be the perfect exigent supervisor.
I just heard from the exigent supervisor.
It frees slaves as a military exigent. Not...
I had some exigent business I was...
Judge, I hate to break up "golf digest," But I have an exigent situation here.
Sheriff Cooley, if there's nothing I learned from Dale's past scrapes with the law, it's that you need yourself some kind of exigent circumstance to come into my premises without a warrant.
And dumping phones doesn't meet... the cellular company's definition of "exigent circumstance," right?
And dumping phones doesn't meet... the cellular company's definition of "exigent circumstance," right?
I welcome the strategic approach of the smoking issue, including passive smoking, as well as the proposal of concrete and exigent actions to fight against it and its negative consequences at a European level.
I don't know what you call a murderer on the loose, ma'am, but I call that extremely exigent.
Uses for the management of active duty military and other special classes of individuals aid the proper execution of the military mission or similar exigent situations;
This is what the law calls an exigent circumstance.
You'll be asked to perform highly involved tasks In exigent we like to call grace under fire.
Exigent circumstance allows us to pursue a suspect onto private property without obtaining a warrant.

Alternatives:

urgent
pressing
critical
crucial
imperative

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