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😣 Causing tension ⚠️ Strict or severe
unrelaxing

unrelaxing

7.7
Something that keeps rules strict so people follow them
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.rɪˈlæks.ɪŋ/
translation icon : estricto
  • Parents found the school's unrelaxing rules difficult but necessary for discipline.

Examples

  • The new policy is intentionally unrelaxing to ensure everyone follows the safety procedures.

  • The manager's unrelaxing approach kept the team focused on meeting high standards.

  • This situation feels unrelaxing to me.

  • The unrelaxing atmosphere of the office made it hard to concentrate.

  • The manager's unrelaxing approach kept the team focused on meeting high standards.

  • The new policy is intentionally unrelaxing to ensure everyone follows the safety procedures.

  • Parents found the school's unrelaxing rules difficult but necessary for discipline.

Synonyms

unrelenting
vsunrelaxing
28 7.0

Not stopping and not getting less strong

keeps or raises rules and standards stricter
unremitting
vsunrelaxing
1 8.5

Continuing without stopping or getting weaker, often in a bad way

refers to keeping or increasing strictness of rules or standards

Antonyms

lenient
32 4.4

Not strict about rules and punishment

permissive
  • Jargon
14 4.9

Not strict and giving a lot of freedom about what people do

How Strict

draconian
  • Formal
28 8.9
stringent
40 6.9
strict
359 3.2
unrelaxing
7.7
relaxed
241 1.0
lenient
32 4.4
permissive
  • Jargon
14 4.9

Surface Forms

unrelaxing positive

Morphology

unrelaxing = relaxing (semi-transparent) = un + relax + ing

Morphologically clear as a negation of 'relaxing' (e.g., easing rules), but the transitive sense 'relax rules' may be less obvious to some learners.

Etymology

Unrelaxing keeps the pieces un- 'not' and relax 'loosen'. So when we call a rule or action unrelaxing we mean it is 'not loosening' the rules — in other words, it keeps things strict.