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English
Etymology
From un- + requiring.
Adjective
unrequiring (comparative more unrequiring, superlative most unrequiring)
- Not requiring anything; undemanding.
1851, The Fair Carew, Or, Husbands and Wives, volume II, page 235:If you did but know how easily we are satisfied, and what simple, unrequiring visitors we are, you would make no difficulty of lodging us.
1859, Clemens Theodor Perthes, Life and Times of Frederick Perthes, page 377:In great things he was simple and unrequiring, but he had a thousand small peculiarities; for instance, when travelling, he always wore a quantity of coats for the sake of the pockets he had got made in them.
1894, Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Riders of Many Lands, page 389:Moreover, the Sultan is the simplest and most unrequiring man in his dominions.
1930 August 9, F Scott Fitzgerald, “The Bridal Party”, in Matthew J Bruccoli, editor, The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1st Scribner trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, published 2003, →ISBN, page 572:Two pairs of eyes were regarding her—Rutherford's noncommittal and unrequiring, Michael's hungry, tragic, pleading.
Verb
unrequiring
- present participle and gerund of unrequire