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hard-driving

hard-driving adjective: extremely hardworking or demanding.

Adjective

hard-driving (comparative more hard-driving, superlative most hard-driving)

  1. Extremely hardworking or demanding
    • The toll his hard-driving style takes on staff is legendary. Former associates have described Musk as petty, cruel and petulant, particularly when frustrated or challenged.December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021
  2. Having a strong, fast-paced beat.
    • The heavy metal band Gods of Fire struggled trying to write a hard-driving song about potato pancakes for their 2009 album "Hanukkah Gone Metal."(Can we date this quote?), Stephanie Simon, Ann Zimmerman, The Wall Street Journal, volume Hanukkah Boosters Light a Fire Under Holiday

Forms of hard-driving

comparativemore hard-driving
superlativemost hard-driving

Questions about hard-driving

What does hard-driving mean?
Hard-driving means extremely hardworking or demanding.
What part of speech is hard-driving?
Hard-driving is an adjective.

Words near hard-driving in the dictionary

  1. hard-countered
  2. hard-countering
  3. hard-counters
  4. hard-cured
  5. hard-drinking
  6. hard-driving
  7. hard-earned
  8. hard-easy effect
  9. hard-easy effects
  10. hard-edge
  11. hard-edge painting

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