high-pressure
/ˌhaɪˈpreʃər/
/-ɚ/ adjective [usually before noun] Definition
› MARKETING used to describe methods of selling that involve persuading people in a forceful way to buy something that often they do not want: The law is designed to rein in high-pressure sales by phone companies. There have been a string of complaints about the bank's high-pressure sales tactics.
› WORKPLACE involving a lot of responsibility or worry: It's a high-pressure job and it's a lot to ask one person to take all that responsibility. He's had a lot of experience handling high-pressure professional situations.
(Definition of high-pressure adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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