1. frustrate - Adjective
2. frustrate - Verb
Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.
To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules. F. Lee Bailey
It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites. Sadao Araki
He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem. John Milton
We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them. Napoleon Bonaparte
It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the reader's opportunities to follow it at every step. Harry Mathews
When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility. Ken Follett