See frustrate on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tšteten",
"sense": "vain, useless",
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},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "vain, useless",
"word": "turha"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "vain, useless",
"word": "hyödytön"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "vain, useless",
"word": "hedelmätön"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "tščetnyj",
"sense": "vain, useless",
"word": "тщетный"
}
],
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}
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