unrequiring

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ requiring.

Adjective

unrequiring (comparative more unrequiring, superlative most unrequiring)

1. Not requiring anything; undemanding.
   • 1851, The Fair Carew, Or, Husbands and Wives, volume II, page 235:

     If you did but know how easily we are satisfied, and what simple, unrequiring visitors we are, you would make no difficulty of lodging us.

   • 1859, Clemens Theodor Perthes, Life and Times of Frederick Perthes, page 377:

     In great things he was simple and unrequiring, but he had a thousand small peculiarities; for instance, when travelling, he always wore a quantity of coats for the sake of the pockets he had got made in them.

   • 1894, Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Riders of Many Lands, page 389:

     Moreover, the Sultan is the simplest and most unrequiring man in his dominions.

   • 1930 August 9, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “The Bridal Party”, in Matthew J[oseph] Bruccoli, editor, The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1st Scribner trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, published 2003, →ISBN, page 572:

     Two pairs of eyes were regarding her—Rutherford's noncommittal and unrequiring, Michael's hungry, tragic, pleading.

Verb

unrequiring

1. present participle and gerund of unrequire