Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not up to expectations or hopes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing disappointment; not equal to or falling short of one's expectation; unsatisfactory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the act of disappointing someone.
- adjective defeating one's expectations or hopes; failing to fulfill one's expectations or hopes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That disappoints or disappoint.
- verb Present participle of
disappoint .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not up to expectations
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Examples
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Ashton says she will seek clarification on Iran's latest response to a proposal for talks, which she calls disappointing.
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Ashton said she would seek clarification on Iran's latest written response to a proposal for talks, which she called disappointing.
The Seattle Times 2011
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With or without Umenyiora, Coughlin believes the only way to improve after what he called a "disappointing" loss is practice, practice and more practice.
NYT > Home Page By JORGE CASTILLO 2011
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With or without Umenyiora, Coughlin believes the only way to improve after what he called a "disappointing" loss is practice, practice and more practice.
NYT > Home Page By JORGE CASTILLO 2011
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The lawmakers, primarily Democrats, sent the letter today to Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, requesting that he meet with them after what they described as a "disappointing" meeting with lower-level FHFA staff.
unknown title 2011
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It was considering whether to seek permission to appeal to the supreme court in the light of what it described as a disappointing ruling.
The Guardian World News Karen McVeigh 2010
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It was considering whether to seek permission to appeal to the supreme court in the light of what it described as a disappointing ruling.
The Guardian World News Karen McVeigh 2010
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Not only is Brent ready to win but he's ready to recover from what he called a disappointing Rockingham Speedway debut.
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Maybe most disappointing is the knowledge that this Demons squad was an experienced bunch with juniors and seniors getting the bulk of the playing time and producing the bulk of the offense, with sophomore center William Mosley being the lone exception.
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Maybe most disappointing is the knowledge that this Demons squad was an experienced bunch with juniors and seniors getting the bulk of the playing time and producing the bulk of the offense, with sophomore center William Mosley being the lone exception.
Southland Conference 2010
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