Dictionary

unexacting en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + exacting.

Meanings

1. (of mind, of persons, qualifier:feelings, usually) Not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy.
   • Locomotives of this type also work the fast passenger and other trains along the Riviera main line between Marseilles and Ventimiglia on somewhat unexacting schedules, which seem likely to persist until introduction of 25kV electric traction. 1963 January, “Beyond the Channel: France”, in Modern Railways, page 60:
   • But Mrs Eames was a kind, patient, unexacting woman, who took all civil words as meaning civility. 1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 9, in The Small House at Allington:
   • Florence . . . 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! 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
   • She was rarely angry; she was unexacting, good-humoured, preferring animals to people. 1919, Kathleen Norris, chapter 1, in Sisters: A Story:
2. Not requiring precision or substantial effort.
   • His hours were not long, and his work was unexacting and physically light. 1964 October 5, Russell Kirk, “To the Point”, in Reading Eagle, USA, retrieved 17 Aug 2010, page 16:
   • It . . . yields a staple which requires a very simple and unexacting process to prepare it for market. 1868 February 20, “Industrial Prosperity at the South”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Aug 2010, page 4:
   • Diesel m.u. coaching train miles worked out at 18 per train hour, doubtless because of stopping services with unexacting schedules and lengthy turn-rounds; [...]. 1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Passenger traffic declining”, in Modern Railways, page 365:

Forms

Deriveds

unexactingly · unexactingness

Synonyms

sloppy (not requiring precision) · rule-of-thumb (not requiring precision) · unquestioning (not demanding) · quick-and-dirty (not requiring precision)