adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a formidable/daunting task (= very difficult )
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Achieving these targets will be a formidable task.
a formidable/daunting/tough challenge (= a very difficult one )
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How to deal with waste is a daunting challenge for the west.
daunting (= frightening in a way that makes you not feel confident )
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It is a pretty daunting prospect, being on stage for forty minutes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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prospect
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Starting the time-consuming process of interviewing childminders all over again was a daunting prospect .
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It is a daunting prospect and an outcome few people want.
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Finding schools abroad may be a daunting prospect for employees.
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Excuses vary from difficulties in obtaining payment to the daunting prospect of completing export documentation.
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Coming on to a new series for the first time could be a daunting prospect even to the acting profession's hardy perennials.
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The extra cost of upgrading computers alone would be a daunting prospect for already over-stretched education budgets.
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Ditching its shareholders is an equally daunting prospect .
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Five days of close assessment was a very daunting prospect .
task
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Few enterprises, it says, could have been faced with such a daunting task .
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To give a full picture of this past is a daunting task , not within the scope of this book.
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Steve recently completed the daunting task of photographing 100 leading western philosophers.
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Planning and producing written work, quoting sources, checking: these too are often daunting tasks for the student.
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In my opinion the hardest task on the holding is to overcome inertia, to make a start on the daunting task.
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As a consequence of the suggestion Laureen Williamson was approached and readily agreed to undertake the daunting task .
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Attempting to install Pizazz Convert in Windows, can be a daunting task for the novice.
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For any social species whose behaviour is less regular than clockwork, even this ground-clearing goal is a daunting task .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Climbing Everest is a daunting challenge for any mountaineer.
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I was faced with the daunting task of learning the whole script in 24 hours.
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The interview process can be daunting .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A daunting figure came looming out of the night.
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Excuses vary from difficulties in obtaining payment to the daunting prospect of completing export documentation.
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Few enterprises, it says, could have been faced with such a daunting task.
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Neil was devoted to Claudia, but he found Philip frankly daunting .
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Steve recently completed the daunting task of photographing 100 leading western philosophers.
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To give a full picture of this past is a daunting task, not within the scope of this book.