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[ adjective ] not up to expectations

Examples

"a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"

Used in print

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

Ask any group of ballerinas to do ten push-ups or three chin-ups and the results , considering the amount of physical training they have had , will be very disappointing .

Related terms

unsatisfactory

2
[ noun ] an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone

Related terms

failure disappoint

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