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frustraneous

frustraneous adjective: useless.

Adjective

frustraneous (comparative more frustraneous, superlative most frustraneous)

  1. (formal) Useless.
    • Their attempts being so frustraneous, and the demonstrations to the contrary so perspicuous, it is a marvel that any man, virtuously and piously disposed, should be so partially and zealously affected in a cause that has neither truth nor any honest usefulness in it.1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues

Forms of frustraneous

comparativemore frustraneous
superlativemost frustraneous

Questions about frustraneous

What does frustraneous mean?
Frustraneous means useless.
What part of speech is frustraneous?
Frustraneous is an adjective.

Words near frustraneous in the dictionary

  1. frusto-conical
  2. frustoconical
  3. frustose
  4. frustrable
  5. frustrage
  6. frustraneous
  7. frustratable
  8. frustrate
  9. frustrated
  10. frustratedly
  11. frustratee

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