Definition of "impatience" []

• The quality or condition of being impatient. (noun)

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• "Nor do I think that this impatience is necessarily "in step" with right-wing cultural values."
• "What Halberstam and Berube share, ultimately, is a plain impatience with if not disdain for trifling old literature."
• "For long-term investors, this was an opportunity to "exploit the short-term impatience," says David Herro , portfolio manager for Oakmark International and Oakmark International Small Cap ."