Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- pertinacious, as solicitations or demands.
- troublesome; annoying: importunate demands from the children for attention.
adjective
- persistent or demanding; insistent
- rare troublesome; annoying
1520s, from importune + -ate, or else from Medieval Latin importunatus, past participle of importunari. Related: Importunately (mid-15c.).