frustrated
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1 annoyed or dissatisfied (adj.) B1 Intermediatefeeling annoyed or less confident because you cannot achieve what you want.
feeling or expressing distress and annoyance, especially because of inability to change or achieve something.
ExampleHe felt frustrated when the computer crashed for the third time today.
ExampleThe researchers grew increasingly frustrated as each subsequent trial failed to yield the results predicted by their initial hypothesis.
PitfallThe slow internet is very frustrated.The slow internet is very frustrating.Use '-ed' for how a person feels and '-ing' for the thing that causes the feeling.
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2 prevented from succeeding (adj.) B2 Upper Intermediate Formaldescribing a plan or effort that was blocked or stopped from happening.
prevented from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled; often used of ambitions or attempts.
ExampleThe artist's frustrated dreams of fame eventually led him to teach instead.
ExampleThe coup was frustrated by a sudden lack of support from the military high command, leaving the conspirators isolated.
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3 an unconsummated crime (adj.) C1 Advanced Technical Dialect Lawused in law to describe a crime where the person did everything to commit it, but it did not actually happen.
pertaining to a stage of a crime where the perpetrator performs all acts of execution but the crime is not consummated due to causes independent of their will.
ExampleHe was charged with frustrated murder because the victim survived the attack.
ExampleThe court downgraded the charge from consummated to frustrated homicide, noting that the timely medical intervention prevented the fatal outcome intended by the assailant.
UsageCommonly used in the legal system of the Philippines to distinguish between 'attempted' and 'consummated' crimes.
Teacher's tipThis is a highly specific legal term in Philippine law; in general English, 'attempted' is the standard term for this concept.
- attempted
- unconsummated