The phrase "a frustrating delay" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where there is an unexpected or bothersome wait that causes annoyance or inconvenience.
Example: "The flight was scheduled to depart at 3 PM, but due to a frustrating delay, we didn't take off until 5 PM."
Alternatives: "an annoying hold-up" or "a bothersome wait."
For the United States and Britain, the legal objections being made by Russia and Syria mean a frustrating delay in reauthorizing a program which, even before the war, provided for the basic needs of about 60percentt of the Iraqi population of 24 million people.
And spokesman Colin Farmery told BBC Radio Solent he was hopeful the issue with the PFA could be resolved quickly, "On the face of it another adjournment is a frustrating delay," said Farmery.
Throttle response betrays none of the sluggishness and heaviness of a Subaru or frustrating delay of recent Hondas.
Cameras The half-press trick eliminates the frustrating delay when you press a pocket camera's shutter button.
"It's been a painful process," said Mr. Campbell, who added that the frustrating delay had prompted him to change his withholding amounts so that he will not have to wait for a refund next year.
This decision represents another frustrating delay on actions that could impact the lives of at least 3.7 million people currently living in the U.S. The two immigration programs that a coalition of 26 states and and the White House are fighting over are DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and DAPA (Deferred Action for Parental Accountability).
What you'll most likely find, however, is a series of frustrating delays and breakdowns in your plans: trains will arrive late and run slowly; buses will fail to stop for you, or they'll terminate early; there will often be long waits between connections.
After a frustrating summer of delays, the Transportation Department has been sending signals in the last few days that it is determined to take some action.
WASHINGTON — After months of frustrating delays, a chemical company announced Wednesday that it had produced commercial quantities of ethanol from wood waste and other nonfood vegetative matter, a long-sought goal that, if it can be expanded economically, has major implications for providing vehicle fuel and limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
The project has cost almost half a billion dollars and has been subject to frustrating delays, including a ferocious campaign waged by local bicyclists against the threatened loss of a shortcut through one of the building's arches.
A snowstorm in New York means frustrating delays for some, frolicking furloughs for others, and pure opportunity for the roving bands of shovelers-for-fire.
