impatient
adjective
im·pa·tient
(ˌ)im-ˈpā-shənt 
1
a
: not patient : restless or short of temper especially under irritation, delay, or opposition
b
: intolerant sense 1
impatient of delay
2
: prompted or marked by impatience
an impatient reply
3
: eagerly desirous : anxious
impatient to get home
impatiently
adverb
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Examples of impatient in a Sentence
After months of delays, customers are becoming impatient.
Customers have grown impatient with the repeated delays.
“Aren't you ready yet?” “Don't be so impatient. There's no need to hurry.”
She was impatient to leave.
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Another season without a postseason would likely tick off an impatient fan base that grew used to watching the Cubs contend in the Joe Maddon era and could spell the end to Hoyer’s long run on the North Side.
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
MacLachlan’s work as Dougie is an astonishingly precise, funny comedic performance, but many viewers grew impatient waiting for the real Cooper to appear — which The Return withheld until the last two episodes of an 18-episode season.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
The New York sports market is impatient and initiating a rebuild the way it's supposed to be executed takes years.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
MacLachlan’s work as Dougie is an astonishingly precise, funny comedic performance, but many viewers grew impatient waiting for the real Cooper to appear — which The Return withheld until the last two episodes of an 18-episode season.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
The New York sports market is impatient and initiating a rebuild the way it's supposed to be executed takes years.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Impatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impatient. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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impatient
adjective
im·pa·tient
(ˈ)im-ˈpā-shənt
1
: not patient
an impatient disposition
2
: showing or coming from impatience
an impatient answer
3
: restless and eager
impatient to get going
impatiently
adverb
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