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disappointing

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dis·ap·point·ing  (ds-pointng)
adj.
Not up to expectations or hopes: a disappointing test score; finished the marathon in a disappointing 12th place.
disap·pointing·ly adv.
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Adj.1.disappointingdisappointing - not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"
dissatisfactory, unsatisfying
unsatisfactory - not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory"
disappointing
adjective unsatisfactory, inadequate, discouraging, sorry, upsetting, sad, depressing, unhappy, unexpected, pathetic, inferior, insufficient, lame, disconcerting, second-rate, unworthy, not much cop Brit. (slang)
Translations
disappointing [dɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ] adj → decepcionante
disappointing [dɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ] disappoint adj → décevant(e)
disappointing [dɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ] disappoint adj → enttäuschend
disappointing [dɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ] adj → deludente


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Then is there a singular kind of parallel between her and the little glass chandeliers of another age embellishing that assembly-room, which, with their meagre stems, their spare little drops, their disappointing knobs where no drops are, their bare little stalks from which knobs and drops have both departed, and their little feeble prismatic twinkling, all seem Volumnias.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
It's disappointing to find that at heart you are sentimental.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
These young girls are rather curious types; they have a certain interest, they have a certain grace, but they are disappointing too; they don't go far; they don't keep all they promise; they don't satisfy the imagination.
A Bundle of Letters by James, Henry View in context
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