Definitions for challenging
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1. ambitious, challengingadjective

   requiring full use of your abilities or resources

   "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"

2. challenging, thought-provokingadjective

   stimulating interest or thought

   "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book"

3. challenging, intriguingadjective

   disturbingly provocative

   "an intriguing smile"

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1. challengingadjective

   Difficult, hard to do.

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1. challenging

   Challenging refers to something that requires significant effort, skill or resilience to undertake or accomplish due to its complexity, difficulty or demand. It often implies a task, problem, or situation that puts one's abilities and resources to test, inviting growth and development through overcoming obstacles and difficulties.

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1. Challenging

   of Challenge

How to pronounce challenging?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of challenging in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of challenging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of challenging in a Sentence

1. Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper:

   It’s extremely challenging for us as a police department, it’s challenging for these families because here’s a group of kids who have decided that they’re going to fight and put it on social media where everybody can see it.

2. George Bernard Shaw:

   All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships.

3. Unknown:

   The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a pleasing personality interrupting others sarcasm vanity being a poor listener insincere flattery finding fault challenging others without good cause giving unsolicited advice complaining attitude of superiority envy of others' success poor posture and dress.

4. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it.

5. Howard Cohen:

   Its a very challenging time in film distribution for indies and everyone but Disney, maybe, we like movies that can draw an audience, that are crowd-pleasers. In a challenging environment, you have to give people a really strong reason to leave their house.

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