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tall order

ADJECTIVE
formidable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arduous challenging intimidating onerous powerful tough tremendous
WEAK
all-powerful ballbuster colossal effortful hard labored laborious mighty overpowering puissant rough staggering strenuous toilsome tough proposition uphill
Antonyms
STRONGEST
easy facile ineffective insignificant little small unimportant weak
WEAK
feeble friendly harmless not hard trivial
NOUN
uphill struggle
Synonyms
WEAK
difficult task hard work tough assignment uphill battle

Example Sentences

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Replicating the last year’s 850% spike will be a tall order considering that premium, but it isn’t too late for Wall Street to start paying attention.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Creating conditions for regime change through a military campaign was always a tall order, said Assaf Orion, the former head of strategic planning for the Israeli military.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

This is a tall order, however, since a stellar multi-year track record almost always attracts a lot of investment capital.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

Getting the caps back now, Alan said, is "a tall order" but he hoped whoever had them might return them.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

First we had to get Quinby into the harness, and that was a tall order.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate