disappointing
adjective
dis·ap·point·ing
ˌdis-ə-ˈpȯin-tiŋ 
: failing to meet expectations
a disappointing meal
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After a week-and-a-half to stew on a disappointing road loss, the Bills fired back with a critical 26-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
If the disappointing-technology hype cycles that preceded large language models—cryptocurrency booms and busts, Web3 and the metaverse—felt like solutions in search of a problem, generative AI seemed to offer limitless applications.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2025
The New York Mets are coming off quite a disappointing season this year.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
While rescheduling may be disappointing, safety must come first.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 29 Nov. 2025
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Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
If the disappointing-technology hype cycles that preceded large language models—cryptocurrency booms and busts, Web3 and the metaverse—felt like solutions in search of a problem, generative AI seemed to offer limitless applications.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2025
The New York Mets are coming off quite a disappointing season this year.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
While rescheduling may be disappointing, safety must come first.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Disappointing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disappointing. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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