frustrating

adjective frus·trat·ing \ ˈfrə-ˌstrā-tiŋ \

|Updated on: 19 Jun 2018

Examples: frustrating in a Sentence

Definition of frustrating

: causing feelings of anger and annoyance : tending to produce or characterized by frustration

a frustrating delay

a very frustrating experience

Mischel concludes that having the willpower to wait isn't about being stoic. It's about learning techniques that make waiting less frustrating.
—Pamela Druckerman

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frustratingly

adverb

- a frustratingly slow process
- The book is sprawling and self-indulgent. Most frustratingly, it is almost entirely devoid of serious military analysis.
- —Hew Strachan

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Examples of frustrating in a Sentence

All these delays have been very frustrating.
these daily traffic jams are frustrating

Recent Examples of frustrating from the Web

Last year it was split along party lines and that is just so frustrating.

— linda girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, "West Aurora superintendent says passage of state budget worthy of 'victory lap'," 6 June 2018
Here are some of their most frustrating encounters: 1.

— danielle tullo, House Beautiful, "Walmart Employees Hate When Customers Do This One Thing," 4 June 2018
This represents just one area where the film introduced concepts but didn’t quite go far enough; there are at least two other noticeable (and more frustrating) occasions.

— nathan mattise, Ars Technica, "Solo film review: Best when it embraces its favorite action-movie urges," 24 May 2018
The Islamic Thinkers Society was careful to stay within the law, and Mr. Morton found that frustrating.

— james taranto, WSJ, "The Making—and Unmaking—of a Jihadist," 4 May 2018
Literalists will find this exceedingly frustrating.

— ron charles, chicagotribune.com, "As a novelist, David Duchovny is no Sean Penn," 3 May 2018
Malverde, the founder and CEO of his own Latino Urban label in Mexico, finds the stereotypes of Mexican music and artists the most frustrating.

— marco torres, Houston Chronicle, "Latino music exec at SXSW: 'Hold on cause we're already on this side of the border'," 16 Mar. 2018
Some who did found the experience frustrating, with multiple passwords needed for different providers’ software, and information that was fragmented, unwieldy, or incorrect, the GAO report said.

— john tozzi, Bloomberg.com, "Trump Administration Wants to Take On Medical-Records Puzzle," 6 Mar. 2018
Personally is frustrating to not know whether or not your hard work and effort will be compensated because of how unstable our economy is.

— billboard venezuela, Billboard, "Venezuelan Superstar Micro TDH Talks New Song, Video, 'Vuelve a Mí': Interview," 31 May 2018

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