as in annoying
causing annoyance
those vexatious phone calls from telemarketers during the dinner hour
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Ragweed, mesquite, junipers and Russian olive trees produce less showy flowers but some of the most vexatious airborne irritants.
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The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
But the stay-at-home orders designed to stop a viral spread for months also evaporated some of the more vexatious things city dwellers endure, including snarls of slow-moving tourists, long lines for MetroCard vending machines and, perhaps most notably, traffic.
—New York Times, 29 May 2021
Trump's dominance of the party has been vexatious for McDaniel in her role as party leader.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
To deal with one especially vexatious instance of that, the NASA folks decided to just throw the motor into reverse and gun it, which turned out to work.
—Kyle Smith, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
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The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
But the stay-at-home orders designed to stop a viral spread for months also evaporated some of the more vexatious things city dwellers endure, including snarls of slow-moving tourists, long lines for MetroCard vending machines and, perhaps most notably, traffic.
—New York Times, 29 May 2021
Trump's dominance of the party has been vexatious for McDaniel in her role as party leader.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
To deal with one especially vexatious instance of that, the NASA folks decided to just throw the motor into reverse and gun it, which turned out to work.
—Kyle Smith, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
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All those annoying texts and calls should stop after today.Carl Weiser, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
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This is expected on hybrids, battery-electric vehicles and plug-ins as the brakes first must work through the regenerative motion, but this can become annoying with a traditional setup.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Competitors: Emerson Electric , RTX , 3M Weight in portfolio: 3.14% Most recent buy: April 10, 2024 Initiated: July 5, 2020 Honeywell has proven to be a frustrating holding.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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For Dennings, one of the most frustrating things is how little migraines are discussed.Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 24 Oct. 2024
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And in one of its most irritating adaptation choices this season, TROP places Tom Bombadil under its light-or-shadow umbrella, too, reshaping J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved and enigmatic woodman character into little more than a Yoda knockoff sagely leading Gandalf in song and toward an obvious destiny.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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Contact dermatitis is characterized by inflammatory skin symptoms that appear after touching an irritating substance or an allergen.Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
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The issue is complicated by the fact that those on X likely see Musk's posts with almost disturbing regularity.Peter Suciu, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Hammer’s talent agency, WME, drops him. March 11, 2021: Vanity Fair publishes a bizarre bombshell article on the Hammer family, outlining Hammer’s upbringing in the Cayman Islands and revealing multiple disturbing details about his relatives.Lydia Wang, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Vexatious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vexatious. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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