daunting task
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdauntingandtask
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daunting
adjective
uk/ˈdɔːn.tɪŋ/us/ˈdɑːn.t̬ɪŋ/
making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to ...
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task
noun
uk/tɑːsk/us/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofdauntingandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdaunting task
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The latter is a moredauntingtaskand one that has only produced mixed results.
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The detection of selection acting on common traits in man remains adauntingtask.
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The mostdauntingtasklies in achieving the balance between too few and too many articles.
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Trying to create the social and physical environment to permit flourishing may prove adauntingtask.
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Here the problem arises that the mere size of the rule base makes finding the cause of an inconsistency adauntingtask.
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Just establishing the name of the language can already be adauntingtask.
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To provide such evidence is adauntingtask.
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The mostdauntingtaskfacing the searcher lies in achieving the balance between too few and too many articles.
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The resources and cooperation necessary make this adauntingtask.
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Due to their large size, searching for a particular sound can be adauntingtask.
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The highly individual nature of ageing suggests adauntingtaskfor attempts to trace developments over four centuries.
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Assessing the nature of political regimes and the quality of governance is adauntingtask.
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The borderline individual's misunderstanding of seemingly innocuous events, her rapid mood swings, and her frequent cognitive distortions make maintaining a relationship with a borderline a particularlydauntingtask.
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In most cases, this becomes adauntingtask, especially for general specifications of preferences and technology.
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To fully capture a listener's experience in a score is adauntingtask.
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The promotion of democratic governance in such contexts becomes adauntingtask.
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With expectations of continued growth, designing institutions within environmental constraints is adauntingtask.
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Much work remains in making logical spreadsheets easy to use; in particular, writing and debugging complex logical rules can be adauntingtaskfor the non-expert.
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Buell has obviously taken on adauntingtask, not only by attempting to cover such extensive terrain, but also by seeking to tailor his study for such different audiences.
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Moreover, it is a trulydauntingtaskto find the needle you are looking for in the enormous haystack of documents that search-engines return.
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