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third-person singular simple present frustrates, present participle frustrating, simple past and past participle frustrated
(transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. examples
(transitive) To hinder or thwart. quotations examples
With its far larger population, China’s economy will inevitably come to eclipse ours, but that is hardly a mortal threat. In climate change, the world faces a huge collective-action problem that will require global cooperation. According to this view, treating China like an adversary will only frustrate our own long-term goals.
2019 October 9, Farhad Manjoo, “Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost”, in New York Times
(transitive) To cause stress or annoyance. examples
comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate
ineffectual; useless; fruitless. quotations examples
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c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene i]