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frustrating

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verb

present participle of frustrate
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Recent Examples of frustrating
Adjective
Forgetting things is frustrating, but humans aren’t designed to remember everything. Morgan Severson, CNN Money, 11 June 2025 But the structure can also be frustrating, given the rubber-band, up-and-down nature of a Mario Kart race. ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025 Getty Images This finance gap is frustrating because the commercial opportunities are real, and enormous. Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025 All of which is just my way of explaining why fans, who love these stories, might be distraught and might see all the success Martin has had thanks to his unfinished work and the support of his fans, as frustrating. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for frustrating
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frustrating
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, everything else in this misadventure, from annoying love interests to cloying sidekicks, is a minecart going off the rails.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
  • Each cup is made from a single piece of heavy-gauge stainless steel, so there are no annoying seams for flour or sugar to get stuck in.
    Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Actions by officials in the two countries are also discouraging Canadian tourists from looking south.
    Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Good air circulation will allow leaves and stems to dry out, discouraging disease.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The solution proved to be nearly as irritating as the problem.
    Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
  • The most prevalent active ingredients in the videos were not only irritating, but are also known to increase sun sensitivity.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Content moderators are workers who remove disturbing content from social media—data which is often then used to train AI systems like ChatGPT or Facebook’s algorithms.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 19 June 2025
  • That still wasn’t as disturbing as the sight of Solène washing her feet in the crew mess sink.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 June 2025

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“Frustrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frustrating. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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