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frustrative, a. rare.|ˈfrʌstrətɪv| [f. L. frustrāt- (see frustrate v.) + -ive. Cf. OF. frustratif.] Tending to frustrate, balk, or defeat; disappointing.
1730in Bailey (folio). 1755in Johnson. 1839L. Blanchard in New Monthly Mag. LVII. 418 The exposition..would have been utterly frustrative of its intention. |