stringent
adjective
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Words that are synonymous with stringent include rigid, which implies uncompromising inflexibility ("rigid rules of conduct"), and rigorous, which suggests hardship and difficulty ("the rigorous training of firefighters"). Also closely related is strict, which emphasizes undeviating conformity to rules, standards, or requirements ("strict enforcement of the law"). Stringent usually involves severe, tight restrictions or limitations ("the college has stringent admissions rules"). That's logical. After all, rigorous and rigid are both derived from rigēre, the Latin word meaning "to be stiff," and stringent and strict developed from the Latin verb stringere, meaning "to bind tight."
Examples of stringent in a Sentence
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Due to this year’s more stringent requirements, there were fewer applications and there was a net loss of 80 châteaus from the 250 in 2020.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2025
In the most stringent clampdowns, governments in Australia and New Zealand barred the entry of noncitizens and prevented some of their own citizens, including children and pregnant women, from returning home.
—Edward Alden, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025
Erin Beasley, the head of Tarrant County Public Health’s immunization division, also noted that Dallas-Fort Worth has seen an influx in refugees in the last several years, many from countries with less stringent vaccination requirements.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Stringent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stringent. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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