unexacting
unexacting adjective: not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy.
Adjective
unexacting (comparative more unexacting, superlative most unexacting)
- Not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy.
- Florence . . . had, all through, repaid the agony of slight and coldness, and dislike, with patient unexacting love, excusing him, and pleading for him, like his better angel!1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC
- But Mrs Eames was a kind, patient, unexacting woman, who took all civil words as meaning civility.1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 9, in The Small House at Allington
- Synonyms:
- unquestioning
- Not requiring precision or substantial effort.
- It . . . yields a staple which requires a very simple and unexacting process to prepare it for market.1868 February 20, “Industrial Prosperity at the South”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Aug 2010, page 4
- Diesel m.u. coaching train miles worked out at 18 per train hour, doubtless because of stopping services with unexacting schedules and lengthy turn-rounds; [...].1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Passenger traffic declining”, in Modern Railways, page 365
- Synonyms:
- quick-and-dirty, rule-of-thumb, sloppy
Examples of unexacting in a sentence
- She was rarely angry; she was unexacting, good-humoured, preferring animals to people.1919, Kathleen Norris, chapter 1, in Sisters: A Story:
- His hours were not long, and his work was unexacting and physically light.1964 October 5, Russell Kirk, “To the Point”, in Reading Eagle, USA, retrieved 17 Aug 2010, page 16:
Synonyms of unexacting
Forms of unexacting
| comparative | more unexacting |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unexacting |
Origin of unexacting
From un- + exacting.
Words formed from unexacting
Questions about unexacting
- What does unexacting mean?
- Unexacting means not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy.
- How do you use unexacting in a sentence?
- She was rarely angry; she was unexacting, good-humoured, preferring animals to people.
- What part of speech is unexacting?
- Unexacting is an adjective.
Words near unexacting in the dictionary
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