overdemanding

adjective

over·de·mand·ing | \ ˌō-vər-di-ˈman-diŋ

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, -ˈmän-, -dē-\

Definition of overdemanding

: excessively demanding overdemanding children/parents an overdemanding boss/client an overdemanding workload … he is making himself as unpleasant and overdemanding as possible, to see if the staff will stay polite and efficient under the most annoying kind of pressure.— J. C. Furnas

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