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annoying

/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/ adjective A2
  1. Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious. · Having flies in your bedroom when you're trying to sleep is really annoying.
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“A most annoying business, Sherlock,” said he.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 7 · B2
And the thing was so much the more annoying, as, according to the characteristic modesty of a Frenchman, Albert had quitted Paris with the full conviction that he had only to show himself in Italy to carry all before him, and that upon his return he should astonish the Parisian world with the recital of his numerous love-affairs.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 363 · C1
Not bad for an idea that started with a few annoying seeds!
The idea that stuck, p. 1 · B1
Jonah said, “I guess you are right about that annoying problem.”
The Chore Chart, p. 1 · B1

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