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frustrated, ppl. a.|frʌˈstreɪtɪd, ˈfrʌstreɪtɪd|
[f. frustrate v. + -ed1.]
1. In senses of the vb.; disappointed, balked, etc.; spec. of persons.
1641J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 155 A frustrated name is an hainous crime. 1661Boyle Style of Script. 48 Our By-acquists do richly recompense our frustrated (or rather unsucceeding) pains. 1799R. Warner Walk West. Counties (1800) 143 The two ravens..returned to accomplish their frustrated purpose. 1828Carlyle Misc. (1857) I. 128 With a frustrated, nay terrified aspect. 1854Emerson Lett. & Soc. Aims, Comic Wks. (Bohn) III. 204 The frustrated expectation..in the intellect is comedy. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xxiv, Now he felt weary, frustrated and doubtful of his own temper. 1877Daily News 5 Nov. 5/2 There must surely be..a good many frustrated careers. 1943J. S. Huxley Evol. Ethics iii. 22 The individual if not grossly frustrated or oppressed, can adjust himself..to the ethical standards of his society. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Nov. 651/1 A whole class of discontented and frustrated young men who, after returning from the war, found inadequate scope for their energies.
2. Of goods, etc.: delayed or prevented from being dispatched.
1941Times (Weekly ed.) 30 July 17/3 We have recently had the unsatisfactory business of ‘frustrated exports’... Exports to several South American countries were ‘frustrated’ by official decree. 1952Economist 31 May 612/1 The ‘frustrated exports’ that are already individually licensed for sale at home.
Add: Hence fruˈstratedly adv.
1978Washington Post 5 Mar. f4/5 [It] fails to include direct references, often leaving the reader wondering frustratedly about an information source. 1982A. Mather Impetuous Masquerade iii. 43 Rhia pressed her lips together frustratedly. |