exacting
adjective/ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/
/ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/
- needing or demanding a lot of effort and care about details synonym demanding
- exacting work
- products designed to meet the exacting standards of today’s marketplace
- He was an exacting man to work for.
- a physically exacting sport
Oxford Collocations DictionaryExacting is used with these nouns:- demand
- standard
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