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importunate

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im⋅por⋅tu⋅nate

  [im-pawr-chuh-nit]
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–adjective
1. urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
2. pertinacious, as solicitations or demands.
3. troublesome; annoying: importunate demands from the children for attention.
Origin:
1520–30; importune (adj.) + -ate 1

Related forms:
im⋅por⋅tu⋅nate⋅ly, adverb
im⋅por⋅tu⋅nate⋅ness, noun
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im·por·tu·nate   (ĭm-pôr'chə-nĭt)   
adj.  Troublesomely urgent or persistent in requesting; pressingly entreating: an importunate job seeker.
im·por'tu·nate·ly adv., im·por'tu·nate·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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