as in to fail
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
they were disappointed by the outcome of the big game
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Recent Examples of disappoint
The pressure was on big time, but the designers didn’t disappoint.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Vionic Walk Max Sneakers Vionic’s take on a classic athletic sneaker doesn’t disappoint in feel or appearance.
—Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Carlstrom said her book focuses on seashells in the county because in her quest to learn about local shells, she was disappointed to find so few resources.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
In fact, disappointed eldest daughters have begun rewriting the lyrics to the song themselves and sharing their versions on TikTok—which is a very eldest daughter thing to do.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Vionic Walk Max Sneakers Vionic’s take on a classic athletic sneaker doesn’t disappoint in feel or appearance.
—Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Carlstrom said her book focuses on seashells in the county because in her quest to learn about local shells, she was disappointed to find so few resources.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
In fact, disappointed eldest daughters have begun rewriting the lyrics to the song themselves and sharing their versions on TikTok—which is a very eldest daughter thing to do.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappoint
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Still down 20-17, the Razorbacks failed on fourth-and-5 from the Tennessee 25 later in the third quarter, and quarterback Taylen Green lost his second fumble of the game early in the fourth at the Arkansas 19.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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The following year, several lawmakers were accused of failing to report income or disclose kickbacks, deepening public frustration.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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But things got particularly ugly in the most recent reunion episode, in which Adriana de Moura not only leaned on lesbophobic and biphobic rhetoric, but also claimed that Julia Lemigova (who is famously married to renowned TERF Martina Navratilova) has been cheating for years.—
James Factora,
Them.,
10 Oct. 2025
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Then de Moura decided to drop a few bombshells of her own, accusing her former bestie of not just cheating with her but with two men.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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By the end of the program, Stewart argued Trump was less like a sick child making final wishes, but rather like the six-year-old with terrible powers in the eighth episode of the third season of The Twilight Zone, who can banish those he is displeased by to a cornfield.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lawmakers, understandably, were displeased.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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Other teams have watched the league get bigger and adjusted accordingly, with the Denver Nuggets winning the 2023 championship with two big forwards next to Nikola Jokić at center, only to be upset this past spring against an even larger Minnesota Timberwolves front line.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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At least two ranked teams have been upset every week so far this season, creating a pretty open field for the 12-team College Football Playoff.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Disappoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappoint. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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