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1
showing urgent desire or interest
- she was impatient to give her presentation before the landmark commission
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2
unable or unwilling to endure
- those airline passengers who are so impatient of delays, even for the most obvious of reasons
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“Impatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatient. Accessed 13 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of impatient was in the 14th century
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