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  • present participle of daunt.
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daunting







ADJECTIVE
frightening
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Amazon Prime has taken on the daunting task of reviving a much-beloved noughties rom-com.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

But I can understand that it feels daunting — especially because you’re now aware of how much sacrifice it takes to pay off significant amounts of debt.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

Most hand-printed weeklies were four pages long—the size of a broadsheet, folded once—a daunting amount of space for small-town editors to fill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

It is rare that a single scientific paper shapes how people think about a challenge as daunting as climate change.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

The new president faced a daunting task in Vietnam.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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