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impatience
[im-pey-shuhns]
noun
lack of patience.
eager desire for relief or change; restlessness.
intolerance of anything that thwarts, delays, or hinders.
impatience
/ ɪˈɪʃəԲ /
noun
lack of patience; intolerance of or irritability with anything that impedes or delays
restless desire for change and excitement
Word History and Origins
Origin of impatience1
Example Sentences
And yet the gamble the government has taken is a willingness for patience in an era of impatience.
In internal and external dialogue, they can convey impatience, distraction, delirium, ecstasy.
President Donald Trump has shown signs of impatience, forcing Netanyahu to allow a few cracks in the siege that has brought Gaza to the edge of famine.
The organisation is comprised of young people, all under 30 and averaging 23 years of age, and their youthful enthusiasm and impatience with established ways of doing things has been key to their approach.
Leon punctuated his order with, by my count, 27 exclamation marks, signifying his intense impatience with the quality of the government’s arguments in his courtroom.
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