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testing
adjective test·ing \ˈtes-tiŋ\
: difficult to deal with
Full Definition of TESTING
: requiring maximum effort or ability <a most difficult and testing problem — Ernest Bevin>
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First Known Use of TESTING
1858
Related to TESTING
- Synonyms
- arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, hard, toilsome, tough, uphill
- Antonyms
- cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
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