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im·pa·tient Listen to audio/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ adjective
[more impatient; most impatient] 1 a : not willing to wait for something or someone : not patient
After months of delays, customers are becoming/growing impatient. Customers have grown impatient with/at the repeated delays. Aren't you ready yet? Don't be so impatient. There's no need to hurry.often + for He was impatient for the departure of his flight. She was becoming more impatient for the opportunity to begin working.
b : wanting or eager to do something without waiting
She was impatient to leave.
2 : showing that you do not want to wait : showing a lack of patience
an impatient answer/gesture/look
— im·pa·tience Listen to audio /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/ noun [noncount]
He sighed with impatience. Her impatience with/at the many delays was obvious. Her impatience to leave was obvious.
— im·pa·tient·ly adverb
Customers are waiting impatiently for the delays to end.

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