as in annoying
causing annoyance
these daily traffic jams are frustrating
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as in baffling
to prevent from achieving a goal
a multitude of conflicting opinions frustrated me in my attempt to find a computer that best suits my needs
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as in discouraging
to lessen the courage or confidence of
challenge the math student, but don't frustrate him or her with overly difficult problems
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Recent Examples of frustrating
Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
The Red Bulls like to press high, frustrating opposing offenses and taking advantage of turnovers or set pieces to score.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
The fragmented and frustrating nature of our current EV charging landscape has been widely — and correctly — cited as one of the most significant barriers to EV adoption.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
Similarly, in frustrating circumstances, finding gratitude might involve acknowledging the resilience developed through adversity.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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The Endless Loop Of The Rescue Trap The savior complex often traps relationships in a frustrating cycle of distance and misunderstanding.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
The Red Bulls like to press high, frustrating opposing offenses and taking advantage of turnovers or set pieces to score.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
The fragmented and frustrating nature of our current EV charging landscape has been widely — and correctly — cited as one of the most significant barriers to EV adoption.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
Similarly, in frustrating circumstances, finding gratitude might involve acknowledging the resilience developed through adversity.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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But for Netflix’s biggest series, as annoying as this is, there are not exactly mountains of evidence that this matters for its biggest series.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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By Marci Robin December 19, 2024 Normally, know-it-alls are kind of annoying.Marci Robin, Allure, 19 Dec. 2024
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This dual approach—discouraging harmful choices while promoting affordable, nutritious alternatives—has the potential to reshape America’s food environment and improve public health for generations to come.Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Rejections can be discouraging, but a positive mindset is key to staying resilient in your job search.Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Inspiring or irritating, empowering or exploitative, maternal or manipulative — with many shades of gray in between — female mentorship is a common dynamic in many of 2024’s most affecting stories.Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Windows 11 is still an appalling tablet OS with a crippling lack of touch-friendly apps, and the stylus has an irritating input lag that makes scribbling on screen unsatisfactory.Barry Collins, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Duchamp spent the last twenty years of his life working in secret on a three-dimensional tableau vivant of a naked, headless female body in a realistic landscape, a strangely disturbing image that is both a summary of his meta-retinal art and a total departure from it.Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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One of the more disturbing results was from the dinner party at the Brooklyn apartment of my ProPublica colleague.Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Frustrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frustrating. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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