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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. Examples:
    1. “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
importuning
importunated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of importunate
importunating
  1. present participle of importunate
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