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frustrative en · ADJ

Etymology

From frustrate + -ive.

Meanings

  1. That frustrates; causing frustration.

Forms

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most frustrative Degree=Sup lexicographic
more frustrative Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi turhauttava (that frustrates)

frustrative en · NOUN

Etymology

From frustrate + -ive.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A mood indicating frustration.
    • The frustrative marked with the clitic -tha indicates that the action was 'frustrated', that it has failed already or is bound to fail; or that the success of an action is not yet certain. 2003, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, “16 - Mood and modality”, in A Grammar of Tariana, from Northwest Amazonia, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 381 seqq.: