impatient
adjective
im·pa·tient
(ˌ)im-ˈpā-shənt 
1
a
: not patient : restless or short of temper especially under irritation, delay, or opposition
b
: intolerant sense 1
impatient of delay
2
: prompted or marked by impatience
an impatient reply
3
: eagerly desirous : anxious
impatient to get home
impatiently
adverb
Examples of impatient in a Sentence
After months of delays, customers are becoming impatient.
Customers have grown impatient with the repeated delays.
“Aren't you ready yet?” “Don't be so impatient. There's no need to hurry.”
She was impatient to leave.
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Consumers can be brutally impatient with new technology.
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Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Rodriguez said her team got impatient but was ecstatic to see Funez deliver the winner.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
In George Stevens’ 1956 epic Giant, Del Rey played the sickly Mrs. Obregon, who is cared for along with her baby by Taylor’s Leslie Benedict as an impatient Jett Rink (Dean) tries to rush her.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
While some islanders are growing impatient, this state of constant delay seems fine with the governments of both the United States and Japan, who have a big geopolitical reason — the rise of China — for wanting to keep the Marines in place.
—Martin Fackler, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Rodriguez said her team got impatient but was ecstatic to see Funez deliver the winner.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
In George Stevens’ 1956 epic Giant, Del Rey played the sickly Mrs. Obregon, who is cared for along with her baby by Taylor’s Leslie Benedict as an impatient Jett Rink (Dean) tries to rush her.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
While some islanders are growing impatient, this state of constant delay seems fine with the governments of both the United States and Japan, who have a big geopolitical reason — the rise of China — for wanting to keep the Marines in place.
—Martin Fackler, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Impatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impatient. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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impatient
adjective
im·pa·tient
(ˈ)im-ˈpā-shənt
1
: not patient
an impatient disposition
2
: showing or coming from impatience
an impatient answer
3
: restless and eager
impatient to get going
impatiently
adverb
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