fed up

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Recent Examples of fed up Fans are fed up, exhausted by false promises and underwhelming seasons. Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025 Customers had become fed up with its high prices and chaotic, unwelcoming stores, and even discounts and new drink launches couldn’t persuade them to return. Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024 The year will test even the most robust democracies Jan. 11, 2024 Incumbents battered One message sent by voters in 2024: They’re fed up. Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024 Cunningham got fed up and pushed off, handing possession back to Denver. Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fed up 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed up
Adjective
  • People are tired of prescribed approaches to their work.
    Glenn Llopis, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In Germany in the early 1930s, many people were tired of violence, uncertainty, and a failing economy and hoped that a strong leader would heed their concerns and come up with new and effective solutions to bring better and calmer days.
    Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Perhaps a bored retiree at home one New Year’s Eve will spot thoughtless kids shooting off fireworks one year.
    Penny Abeywardena, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The other strand of the novel follows Ethan’s sister, Kate, a print reporter, who reconnects with an old love: Nicole, a stay-at-home mom who’s grown bored with her wealthy, conservative husband.
    Linda Holmes, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Are Americans truly sick and tired of their healthcare system?
    Sally Pipes, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • It’s been a bit, and after a successful defense, Dr. Allen is somehow not sick and tired of robots and answered a bunch of our questions about quadrotors, swords, and why mixing them is such a great idea.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2016

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“Fed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed%20up. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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