Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of.
- intransitive verb To frustrate or thwart.
- intransitive verb To cause disappointment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To frustrate the desire or expectation of; balk or thwart in regard to something intended, expected, or wished; defeat the aim or will of: as, do not disappoint us by staying away; to be disappointed in or of one's hopes, or about the weather.
- To defeat the realization or fulfilment of; frustrate; balk; foil; thwart: as, to
disappoint a man's hopes or plans. - To hinder of intended effect; frustrate; foil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk
- transitive verb To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To displease by e.g. underperforming
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Inevitably, all presidents during their term disappoint some of their supporters," said Brian Frederick, a political science professor at Bridgewater State College.
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A major BSG disappoint is that although the Cylons supposedly had a plan the writers didn't.
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One place where small wine shops can disappoint is on price.
When small wine shops are great–and when they disappoint | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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The only way this punchline will disappoint is if there never is a follow up.
/Film UK - Zach Galligan Interview, Kick Ass Preview/Review, Saw VI Gets Real | /Film 2010
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However, the EXPECTATION any intelligent discourse from wwallace will result in disappoint and additional frustration, followed by ignorant rhetorical bantering that will only prove their self-serving interests rather than any plausible or factual data to support their claims.
Think Progress » McCain: Murtha “Has Become Too Emotional†2005
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They never cease to disappoint, which is why I changed my party affiliation last November to unaffiliated.
Source: No GOP Candidate Is On The Air In Any Feb. 5th State 2009
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With China tightening and the US dollar gaining strength, prices of commodities would disappoint, which is a negative for Indonesia because one-third of the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) market capitalization is in commodity-related counters.
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With China tightening and the US dollar gaining strength, prices of commodities would disappoint, which is a negative for Indonesia because one-third of the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) market capitalization is in commodity-related counters.
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There is no update on it, but it is still an engineering program, but one of the action items after the disappoint was the lack of that launch is that we wanted to really build our
Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010
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But from a purely shoot-em 'up standpoint the movie does not disappoint, that is if mindless, wanton violence with a little nudity thrown in for good measure in your cup of Sunday night tea.
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