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
Examples of frustrating in a Sentence
All these delays have been very frustrating.
these daily traffic jams are frustrating
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For Embiid, this is another frustrating chapter in an otherwise brilliant but injury-plagued career.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Very few severe crashes in Sacramento are followed by an arrest, and several survivors of crashes have previously said that soft or nonexistent charges were frustrating and demeaning.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
Joe Biden’s administration in 2023 proposed a reworked version of Obama’s rule, but the Biden administration never finalized the rule, frustrating advocates.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
All of those concerns came to frustrating fruition over the month of February.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jesse Pines, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Very few severe crashes in Sacramento are followed by an arrest, and several survivors of crashes have previously said that soft or nonexistent charges were frustrating and demeaning.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
Joe Biden’s administration in 2023 proposed a reworked version of Obama’s rule, but the Biden administration never finalized the rule, frustrating advocates.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
All of those concerns came to frustrating fruition over the month of February.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for frustrating
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“Frustrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frustrating. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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