Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
disappointing manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a disappointing manner
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word disappointingly.
Examples
-
A "disappointingly" poor turnout by whites at Truth Commission hearings countrywide threatened the process of national reconciliation, commission deputy chairman Dr Alex Boraine warned on Tuesday.
-
A "disappointingly" poor turnout by whites at Truth Commission hearings countrywide threatened the process of national reconciliation, commission deputy chairman Dr Alex Boraine warned on Tuesday.
-
However, the revenue service said there remained a "disappointingly" high number of returns outstanding for the 2009 and prior tax years.
-
"disappointingly" low and that there is a need for greater focus on reconciliation between the communities.
Spero News 2010
-
"disappointingly" low coverage of services to treat pneumonia and diarrhoea.
-
"disappointingly" low coverage of services to treat pneumonia and diarrhoea.
-
"disappointingly" low coverage of services to treat pneumonia and diarrhoea.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
-
Our house sat in a redwood forest populated by bobcats, mushrooms, and what my German-speaking grandmother thrillingly referred to as Wildschweinen, “wild pigs,” disappointingly called “boar” in English.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
-
Our house sat in a redwood forest populated by bobcats, mushrooms, and what my German-speaking grandmother thrillingly referred to as Wildschweinen, “wild pigs,” disappointingly called “boar” in English.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
-
Getting the cash to cover TARP expenditures would be nice, but this is a disappointingly cramped proposal.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.