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unexacting

unexacting

English

Adjective

unexacting (comparative more unexacting, superlative most unexacting)

  1. (of persons, feelings, states of mind, etc.) Not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy.
    • 1846, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, ch. 35:
      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!
    • 1864, Anthony Trollope, The Small House at Allington, ch. 9:
      But Mrs Eames was a kind, patient, unexacting woman, who took all civil words as meaning civility.
    • 1919, Kathleen Norris, Sisters: A Story, ch. 1:
      She was rarely angry; she was unexacting, good-humoured, preferring animals to people.
  2. Not requiring precision or substantial effort.
    • 1868, "Industrial Prosperity at the South," New York Times, 20 Feb., p. 4 (retrieved 17 Aug. 2010):
      It . . . yields a staple which requires a very simple and unexacting process to prepare it for market.
    • 1964, Russell Kirk, "To the Point," Reading Eagle (USA), 5 Oct., p. 16 (retrieved 17 Aug. 2010):
      His hours were not long, and his work was unexacting and physically light.

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