: causing vexation or irritation : causing annoyance : irritating
an annoying habit
annoying questions
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Examples of annoying in a Sentence
my partner has the annoying habit of eating all the pickles and leaving a jar full of pickle juice in the refrigerator
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Yapping may come across as annoying to coworkers, and could get young staffers in trouble with their managers.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 May 2024
It’s barely been four months since Amazon placed ads in its Prime Video streaming service, but the retail giant is already introducing more annoying promotional tactics — such as displaying ads whenever someone hits the pause button.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 8 May 2024
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 May 2024
It’s barely been four months since Amazon placed ads in its Prime Video streaming service, but the retail giant is already introducing more annoying promotional tactics — such as displaying ads whenever someone hits the pause button.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 8 May 2024
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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