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What is the adjective for importuning?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs importune and importunate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

importune
  1. (obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting.
  2. (obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable.
  3. (obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
importunate
  1. (of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
  2. (of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. demanding, clamorous, insistent, entreating, exacting, nagging, solicitous, earnest, harassing, overeager, pushy, aggressive, suppliant, troublesome, annoying, overly solicitous, high-pressure, pressing, imperative, imperious, clamant, crying, dogged, obstinate, tenacious, persevering, persistent, stubborn, indefatigable, tireless, unrelenting, obdurate, pertinacious, intransigent, unremitting, forceful, avid, determined, resolute, relentless, assiduous, single-minded, firm, unwavering, unflagging, untiring, purposeful, sedulous, unshakable … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “As Oscar Wilde observed, the personal memoir, even if written for friends and family alone or to satisfy an importunate publisher, is always delightfully self-obsessed.”
      “I had a great importunate desire to see my gracious sovereign afflicted lord and master.”
      “One of the most importunate issues currently facing all health care systems is cost containment.”
importuned
  1. simple past tense and past participle of importune
  2. Synonyms:
      3. asked, requested, demanded, required, appealed, bade, bid, implored, ordered, petitioned, proposed, urged, begged, pleaded, pled, requisitioned, stipulated, beseeched, besought, challenged, directed, entreated, exhorted, pestered, solicited, sought, commanded, craved, enjoined, expected, insisted, prayed, sued, supplicated, told, appealed to, applied to, called for, called on, insisted on, pleaded with, put in for, counted on, filed for, looked for, impetrated, besieged, conjured, pleaded to, obsecrated … more
importuning
  1. present participle of importune
  2. Synonyms:
      3. harassing, plaguing, bothering, harrying, pestering, hassling, hounding, tormenting, badgering, bugging, besetting, nagging, annoying, beleaguering, dunning, mithering, going on at, harping on at, egging on, troubling, worrying, persecuting, teasing, bending someone's ear, disturbing, riding, bedeviling, bedevilling, chivvying, needling, hectoring, goading, nudging, besieging, pressing, keeping after, giving a hard time, working on, provoking, bullying, irritating, afflicting, urging, dogging, irking, torturing, baiting, barraging, plying, fretting … more
importunated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of importunate
importunating
  1. present participle of importunate
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