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unexacting

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From un- + exacting.

  1. Not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy.

    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!

    But Mrs Eames was a kind, patient, unexacting woman, who took all civil words as meaning civility.

  2. Not requiring precision or substantial effort.

    It . . . yields a staple which requires a very simple and unexacting process to prepare it for market.

    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; [...].