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adjective

frustrated

CEFR B1

disappointingly unsuccessful

In a sentence

Six example sentences with frustrated, each labelled with its topic.

  • Three frustrated funding rounds later, the founders sold the patents and went back to consulting for their old employer.

    Startups

  • A frustrated comeback ended when the final shot rimmed out with two seconds showing on the arena clock.

    Basketball

  • The frustrated campaign for a riverside park ended with its organizers watching the council approve a parking garage.

    Politics

  • The frustrated merger cost both firms a year of planning, and regulators never explained which clause had sunk it.

    Business

  • After a frustrated attempt to grow the crystal in zero gravity, the team tried again with a slower cooling rate.

    Science

  • His frustrated bid for the concertmaster chair sent him back to the practice room for a year of scales.

    Music

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