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Meaning of "unexacting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNEXACTING

unexacting  [ˌʌnɪɡˈzæktɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNEXACTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unexacting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNEXACTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unexacting in the English dictionary

The definition of unexacting in the dictionary is not exacting; relaxed rather than sternly precise.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNEXACTING


acting
ˈæktɪŋ
affecting
əˈfɛktɪŋ
collecting
kəˈlektɪŋ
conflicting
kənˈflɪktɪŋ
connecting
kəˈnɛktɪŋ
distracting
dɪsˈtræktɪŋ
exacting
ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ
expecting
ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ
fast-acting
ˈfɑːstˌæktɪŋ
nonacting
ˌnɒnˈæktɪŋ
noninteracting
ˌnɒnɪntəˈræktɪŋ
play-acting
ˌpleɪˈæktɪŋ
projecting
prəˈdʒɛktɪŋ
quick-acting
ˈkwɪkˌæktɪŋ
refracting
rɪˈfræktɪŋ
respecting
rɪˈspɛktɪŋ
slow-acting
ˌsləʊˈæktɪŋ
straight-acting
ˈstreɪtˌæktɪŋ
subcontracting
ˌsʌbkɒnˈtræktɪŋ
undistracting
ˌʌndɪsˈtræktɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNEXACTING

unevolved
unexaggerated
unexalted
unexamined
unexampled
unexcavated
unexcelled
unexceptionability
unexceptionable
unexceptionableness
unexceptionably
unexceptional
unexceptionally
unexcitable
unexcited
unexciting
unexcluded
unexclusive
unexclusively
unexcused

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNEXACTING

accounting
afflicting
bioprospecting
constricting
double-acting
heat-conducting
intermediate-acting
long-acting
method acting
nonconducting
prospecting
redistricting
self-acting
self-correcting
self-respecting
semiconducting
short-acting
single-acting
stamp collecting
superconducting
tax-collecting

Synonyms and antonyms of unexacting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unexacting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNEXACTING

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The translations of unexacting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unexacting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

要求不高
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poco exigente
570 millions of speakers

English

unexacting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unexacting
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unexacting
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

невзыскательны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unexacting
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unexacting
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unexacting
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Unexacting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unexacting
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unexacting
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unexacting
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unexacting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unexacting
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unexacting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Unexacting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unexacting
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unexacting
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unexacting
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невимогливі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unexacting
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unexacting
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unexacting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unexacting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unexacting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unexacting

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNEXACTING»

The term «unexacting» is used very little and occupies the 187.307 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNEXACTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unexacting

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNEXACTING»

Discover the use of unexacting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unexacting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Motivation and Agency
... do that even though I easily typed the word. Now, T1 entails (T2) that one who is not trying to A, even in the unexacting sense of "trying" identified, is not sentiently directing one's bodily motions at A-ing. 72 is very plausible, as is the following ...
Alfred R. Mele, 2003
2
The Return to Cosmology: Postmodern Science and the Theology ...
... a moderate proficiency in an intellectually unexacting kind of science, marred by an unfortunate talent for intellectual self- deceit. Evidently, questions need to be raised, not just about the merits of Teilhard's ideas, but about their very status.
Stephen Toulmin, 1985
3
Four-Part Setting
Unexacting?” Hillier queried, raising his eyebrows again. “Yes. She askslessof you than anyone I know. Most people are asking for something all the time—your sympathy, or your interest, or even your admiration. Sheasks nothing.” “Except ...
Ann Bridge, 2014
4
Jolly Good Detecting: Humor in English Crime Fiction of the ...
This characteristic appearance belied him, for he was [sic] a matter of fact a friendly, unexacting, romantic person” (9). Set this beside Conan Doyle's portrait of Sherlock Holmes from A Study in Scarlet: “excessively lean ... his eyes ... sharp and ...
Bruce Shaw, 2013
5
Canadian criminal cases
The appellant appears to attach some type of professional blame to Constable Lang for obtaining a search warrant from a justice of the peace who seemed to be quite unexacting in her assessment of the material proffered in support of the ...
‎1989
6
New Scientist
Humble unexacting practitioners were up against the intimidating authority of the great Karl Popper, about whom the most extravagant praise was being lavished by some of the leading scientists of the day. The new converts to Popperianism, ...
7
Dombey and Son
... who 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! She trembled, and her eyes were dim. His figure seemed to grow in height and ...
Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne, 1848
8
the cambridge history of english literature
Lamb left Christ's hospital in 1789, and, two years later, obtained a temporary appointment in the examiner's office in the South-Sea house, which he held from September 1791 to February 1792. This dignified establishment, in the unexacting ...
Adolphus William Ward, 1975
9
Managing Change in Old Age: The Control of Meaning in an ...
Another article on this subject is in the form of a letter to an anonymous friend in which the writer praises the home as an appropriate residential setting for the old (in terms of the unexacting time scale, humanity, the approach of the staff, etc.).
Haim Hazan, 2012
10
Art and Answerability: Early Philosophical Essays
The poet must remember that it is his poetry which bears the guilt for the vulgar prose of life, whereas the man of everyday life ought to know that the fruitlessness of art is due to his willingness to be unexacting and to the unseriousness of the ...
M. M. Bakhtin, Michael Holquist, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNEXACTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unexacting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Side Dish: Vegetables as a side the main focus of cookbook
They also note that the recipes are mostly unexacting, and they encourage the home cook to substitute ingredients for what is available. Their book opens with ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
2
Trustee Blasts Bankrupt Patriot Coal's $6.4M Bonus Plans
The terms of the key employee incentive plan, or KEIP, are unexacting, offering Patriot's five ranking executives awards totaling up to $3.5 million without ... «Law360, Jul 15»
3
2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'Brothel'
... the press release's words, “a new play that explores the question of what is at the deepest core of men and women…an unexacting [sic] look at human nature. «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»
4
Civic centre
... we ceased trading not because of concrete, definite legal instructions that we were breaking the law, but upon the shaky basis of unexacting and vague legal ... «Keighley News, Jun 15»
5
Free-range parenting isn't for chickens
A cop drove us home. You'd think our parents, who vaguely wondered where we were, would have learned their lesson. But the unexacting oversight continued. «Chicago Reader, Jan 15»
6
Biodegradable Balloon Sends Poetic Messages to Recipients by Air
Anyone can participate via the website, which allows you to send messages, images, or videos that might find their way into an unexacting stranger's hands – or ... «PSFK, Oct 14»
7
Meet the man who scaled Argentina's mountains to bring malbec …
At the time, Argentine wine enjoyed about as much global prestige as Canadian; mainly it was plonk, sold to bulk bottlers to slake the unexacting domestic thirst. «The Globe and Mail, Sep 14»
8
Think an Ethnic Restaurant Caused Your Food Poisoning? You …
That sampling of data, however unexacting, suggests that Yelpers accuse a disproportionate number of Asian and Latino restaurants. More broadly, based on ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 14»
9
Golf course judicial review case reversed on appeal
was an unexacting requirement and was capable in principle of being met by demonstrating an unmet demand for an elite facility of the type proposed. «UK Human Rights Blog, May 14»
10
Flamenco Gala, Sadler's Wells, London
... activities of an unexacting – not to say lethargic – kind, which did nothing for the evening's possibilities. There followed considerably more vivacious behaviour ... «Financial Times, Mar 14»

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