unexacting

1. 1.

   not rigorous

   “relaxed and unexacting standards”

   Similarundemanding

Questions about unexacting

What does unexacting mean?

unexacting means "not rigorous".

How many syllables are in unexacting?

unexacting has 4 syllables and divides as u-nex-ac-ting under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is unexacting a common word?

unexacting is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.