importunity

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Constant and insistent demanding or proposing, especially if regarded as annoying or upsetting; also, the character of such behaviour; an instance of this.
2. noun The fact of being at an inappropriate or unsuitable time; unseasonableness. Persistence in behaviour; determination, perseverance, stubbornness. The quality of being annoying or troublesome; difficulty, trouble; an instance of this.
3. noun The fact of being at an inappropriate or unsuitable time; unseasonableness.
4. noun Persistence in behaviour; determination, perseverance, stubbornness.
5. noun The quality of being annoying or troublesome; difficulty, trouble; an instance of this.

Similar words

unmastered importunacy insistence pressing efflagitation overinsistence urgency constraint impellent hounding

Often followed by

of and to in with that he for on

Word family

importunities