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  • present participle of daunt.
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daunting







ADJECTIVE
frightening
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“My work there has been halting, tentative and generally working around the fringes,” Chatfield wrote in a 1968 journal entry reflecting on the daunting task.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

But getting a large segment of Meta’s 3.6 billion users to sign up seems daunting.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

In-person networking can be more daunting, particularly early in your career, but remember that at a networking event, everyone is there to talk.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

While it may sound daunting to go over all of this again years later, Ringbauer says it’s a responsible way for the couple to “make sure we are on the right footing together.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

The other major impediment, equally daunting as the compensation problem at first glance, even more so upon reflection, was the relocation of the freed slaves.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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