Meaning of defeatingly | Babel Free

Definitions

So as to defeat, or frustrate progress.

not-comparable

Examples

“Mathematics is cognitively difficult, technical, abstract, and (for many) defeatingly impersonal: one needs, it seems, to have been inside the dressing room in order to make much sense of the play.”

“It seemed defeatingly solid, but the metal building attaching to the frame seemed rusty and fatigued. He pressed against it, and it seemed like it would give way easily.”

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