What does demanding mean?

Definitions for demanding
dɪˈmæn dɪŋ, -ˈmɑn-de·mand·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. demandingadjective

    requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill

    "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"

Wiktionary

  1. demandingadjective

    Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience.

Wikipedia

  1. demanding

    In economics, demand is the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given time. The relationship between price and quantity demand is also called the demand curve. Demand for a specific item is a function of an item's perceived necessity, price, perceived quality, convenience, available alternatives, purchasers' disposable income and tastes, and many other options.

ChatGPT

  1. demanding

    Demanding refers to requiring significant effort, skill, time or resources, often in an inconvenient, challenging or burdensome way. It can also refer to a person who has high expectations, needs, or requirements, and often implies a certain level of difficulty to meet or satisfy those requirements.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Demanding

    of Demand

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'demanding' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4824

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of demanding in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of demanding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of demanding in a Sentence

  1. Maine Gov. Paul LePage:

    Our liberal friends said 'no.' They made all sorts of excuses. Well, as you saw in November, the Maine people didn't buy it. They're demanding reform, they expect reform and we're going to give them reform.

  2. Joshua Cheptegei:

    It would be a mountain to climb, but the challenge is up to me, it’s demanding a lot, in terms of racing and mindset but I want to give myself a try to win both gold medals,.

  3. France German sailor Philipp Buhl:

    Mentally it is very demanding, i am one of the medal hopes among sailors and what I have been telling myself is ... it will only happen with pressure. But expectation and pressure are part of the territory.

  4. Jose San Roman:

    Financial entities are looking for any excuse to withhold decision-making, they are using every excuse to say no, demanding more guarantees from the parent holding company, or cash to set aside in an account.

  5. Nekima Levy-Pounds:

    We're demanding release of the tapes, we're demanding reform of the police department and we are demanding justice for Jamar Clark right now.

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