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importunate \im-POR-chuh-nit\, adjective:
Troublesomely urgent; overly persistent in request or demand; unreasonably solicitous.
Importunate is derived from Latin importunus, "unsuitable, troublesome, (of character) assertive, insolent, inconsiderate."
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"You realize, of course," Giles insisted. "That I'm doing something important here."
"I understand that," the thin-faced administrator replied in a bored tone. "However, what we are doing is also deserving of your attention -- and we did give you plenty of notice for the deadline."
Giles glared at the importunate woman, silently wishing a thousand curses and dire fates upon her. She simply sat, waiting for his answer. "I would think that trying to avert an apocalypse is more important in the scale of importance."
"But," she countered, "what good is it if the paperwork isn't completed on time?"