frustrate
verb (used with object)
to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify.
frustrative
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a word derived from
frustrate.
Example Sentences
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Shakespeare's passion turned instinctively to the most frustrative of all poetic forms—that of the sonnet—in order to express itself in perfection.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Robert Lynd
