increasing frustration

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandfrustration

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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frustration
noun
uk
/frʌsˈtreɪ.ʃən/us
/frʌsˈtreɪ.ʃən/
the feeling of being annoyed or less confident because you cannot achieve what you want, or something that makes you feel ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandfrustrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In other reported instances, where definitive diagnosis was either not known or not given for several months, parents described a period ofincreasingfrustration, anxiety and fear.
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It was both a failed experiment, causingincreasingfrustrationand boredom in musical practice, and at the same time the ultimate romantic voice and the subject of many fantasies.
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The bus management is well aware of the public'sincreasingfrustrationand irritation.
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I suspect that that reflects both the increasing expectation that something should be done and theincreasingfrustrationthat justice continues to be denied.
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It explains the duration of the dispute—and theincreasingfrustrationof those responsible for prosecuting it.
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He graphically described the problems within his constituency and theincreasingfrustrationfelt by his constituents about the capacity of the police to address them.
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He said that till it was rectified there would be a waste of money and of skilled manpower, andincreasingfrustration.
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It is a source ofincreasingfrustrationto those bodies that their voices are not heard.
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Psychological obsolescence might create a sense ofincreasingfrustration.
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I name it as theincreasingfrustration, hostility and cynicism towards those entrusted with authority on the part of millions employed in large employment hierarchies.
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There will beincreasingfrustrationas people have to queue up to put their money into machines that do not work.
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I gave background information to the programme on the strength of several years' acquaintance with the problem andincreasingfrustrationat the inability to deal with it.
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The party benefited fromincreasingfrustrationwith right-wing parties.
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Each episode deals with hisincreasingfrustrationover not being able to speak intelligibly.
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The tribes hadincreasingfrustrationwith the settlers.
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He spent weeks in the basement attempting to grind the mirror to specifications, without success, and his continued failure to get it right led toincreasingfrustration.
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