Im·por·tu·nate a.
  1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an importunate petitioner, curiosity.
  2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.]
  -- Im*por*tu*nate*ly, adv. -- Im*por*tu*nate*ness, n.
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