exacting

Meanings

• claim as due or just
• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
• having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
  • "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
• severe and unremitting in making demands
  • "an exacting instructor"
• requiring precise accuracy
  • "an exacting job"

Synonyms

claim, demand, exact, exigent, fastidious, stern, strict, take