frustrating

adj
/fɹəˈstɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/UK/ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/US

Etymology

From frustrate + -ing.

  1. derived from frūstrātus
  2. inherited from frustraten
  3. suffixed as frustrating — “frustrate + ing

Definitions

  1. Discouraging

    Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.

  2. present participle and gerund of frustrate

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at frustrating. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at frustrating. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at frustrating

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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