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Definition of letdown
1a : discouragement, disappointment his latest novel is a letdownb : a slackening of effort : relaxation
2 : the descent of an aircraft or spacecraft to the point at which a landing approach is begun
3 : a physiological response of a lactating mammal to suckling and allied stimuli whereby previously secreted milk from the acini is expelled into ducts and drawn through the nipple
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Examples of letdown in a Sentence
the museum exhibit was just so-so, and we returned home with a vague sense of letdown
the eagerly anticipated new movie starring our favorite actor turned out to be a big letdown
Recent Examples of letdown from the Web
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By keeping the knowledge a secret until the delivery, the letdown came as a complete surprise.
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The Senate testimony of James Comey, while packed with dramatic moments, was, in some ways, a letdown after a week of media hype.
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The third Cavs-Warriors finals has the makings of a letdown as well.
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In that case, Europe serves as a shining example of how government-mandated paid leave can be a letdown, even in the long term.
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That loss, as much as Monday night’s letdown, could serve to shape the rest of the season.
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The sectional loss was a letdown, but Sydorchuk and his teammates walked away with pride.
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Over the next year and a half, the couple went through a number of letdowns.
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A fifth-place finish would be a bitter letdown for a team that moved to the brink of earning a national seed for a sixth consecutive season with a recent surge.
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First Known Use of letdown
1768
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: something that is not as good as it was expected to be
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Medical Definition of letdown
: a physiological response of a lactating mammal to suckling and allied stimuli whereby increased intramammary pressure forces previously secreted milk from the acini and finer tubules into the main collecting ducts from where it can be drawn through the nipple
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