maddening

Yes, it's as deliberate as it is maddening.

The mute was maddening, but the mute was magnificent, the daily humbling of a haughty hack, an humiliating dose of accountability in a world dominated by thoughtless hot takes.

In trying to make media-watching “easier,” tech has slowed the process to a maddening plod.

The randomness of the administration’s action, and its apparent error, is maddening enough.

Is there a chance that a team so recently dubbed, “invincible” and “unbeatable” is actually more like “maddening” and “mediocre?”