Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being vexatious.
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- noun The state of being
vexatious .
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Examples
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Hulley pointed out Nicholson did not need to have proof beyond a reasonable doubt that there was political interference and Zuma needed simply to prove "the mere existence of allegations of a political conspiracy or influence sufficed to negate the existence of vexatiousness".
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Like Victoria, Singapore is a free port, and the vexatiousness of a custom-house is unknown.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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They tell a story of a Persian king who had stretched forth the arm of oppression over the subjects 'property, and commenced a system of violence and rapacity to such a degree that the people emigrated to avoid the vexatiousness of his tyranny, and took the road of exile to escape the annoyance of his extortions.
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Like Victoria, Singapore is a free port, and the vexatiousness of a custom-house is unknown.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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There is to an unsympathetic observer an intense vexatiousness in the exhibition of such pertinacity.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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There is to an unsympathetic observer an intense vexatiousness in the exhibition of such pertinacity.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868
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There is to an unsympathetic observer an intense vexatiousness in the exhibition of such pertinacity.
Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Despite these two apparent flaws, it somehow manages to exist, due in all likelihood to the pure tenacious vexatiousness of its citizens.
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The vexatiousness of my breakfast wasn't surprising considering the pot that Republicans had forgotten to put back in the coffee machine, soaking the countertop and denying me coffee until I could again put things aright.
Sadly, No! 2008
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It seems to me that all of the requests fulfill four of the Information Commissioner’s five criteria for vexatiousness: obsessive, caused distress to staff, designed to cause disruption/annoyance, and lacked any serious purpose or value.
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