frustrating
adjective
frus·trat·ing
ˈfrə-ˌstrā-tiŋ 
: 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
Pamela Druckerman
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
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
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Liza Esquibias, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Not all of these ideas will pan out, but if any do, the next few years could bring an inflection point in treating some of the most frustrating and intractable diseases of our modern era.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
Volunteers waited hours only to be turned away, frustrating many.
—Atika Shubert, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Election officials were prepared to fight misinformation this election after Trump’s fervent efforts to dispute the outcome of the 2020 Presidential race, but the sheer volume of online misinformation—and lack of tech to combat it—has proved frustrating for some.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Frustrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frustrating. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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