Thesaurus: exacting

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Exact
2. a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
3. adj. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
4. adj. severe and unremitting in making demands
5. adj. requiring precise accuracy
6. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
7. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands orrequiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "Atemper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv.-- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
8. j:100 v claim as due or just v take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs a having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures s severe and unremitting in making demands s requiring precise accuracy