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[ adjective ] discouraging by hindering

Used in print

(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)

An argument with Orville_Torrence_Killpath was as frustrating and as futile as a cap pistol on a firing_range .

(Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)

It was frustrating .

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discouraging

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[ adjective ] preventing realization or attainment of a desire

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preventive

3
[ noun ] an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

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hindrance thwart

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