Frustrate

Tom secretly attempted to frustrate Mary's plans.

I bet the delay will frustrate her.

I don't doubt that the delay will frustrate her.

There's a possibility that the delay will frustrate Tom.

I'm aware that the delay will frustrate some people.

Everything I do seems to frustrate you.

It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.

My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.

Perhaps it was the too-tooing of the youth on the coach horn which frustrated the proposal, and made it appear ludicrous rather than insultive to her ears.

With its far larger population, China’s economy will inevitably come to eclipse ours, but that is hardly a mortal threat. In climate change, the world faces a huge collective-action problem that will require global cooperation. According to this view, treating China like an adversary will only frustrate our own long-term goals.