: tending to overwhelm or intimidate
a daunting task
Examples of daunting in a Sentence
Few things are more daunting than having to speak in front of a large crowd.
Shakespeare's plays can be daunting for a young reader.
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Most women feel their dreams are too daunting, especially when everything and everyone else takes priority.
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Cherie Kloss, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Gen Z is staring up from the bottom of the corporate ladder, but with AI job automation and economic headwinds, the prospect of landing a job—let alone climbing the greasy pole—is more daunting than ever.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
But solving the city’s enrollment challenge by trying to attract families to neighborhood schools is a daunting and uncertain task.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
Biden's library team has the daunting task of raising money for the 46th president's legacy project at a moment when his party has become fragmented about the way ahead and many big Democratic donors have stopped writing checks.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
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Cherie Kloss, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Gen Z is staring up from the bottom of the corporate ladder, but with AI job automation and economic headwinds, the prospect of landing a job—let alone climbing the greasy pole—is more daunting than ever.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
But solving the city’s enrollment challenge by trying to attract families to neighborhood schools is a daunting and uncertain task.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
Biden's library team has the daunting task of raising money for the 46th president's legacy project at a moment when his party has become fragmented about the way ahead and many big Democratic donors have stopped writing checks.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Daunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daunting. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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daunting
adjective
daunt·ing
ˈdȯnt-iŋ 
: tending to overwhelm or intimidate
a daunting task
dauntingly
adverb
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