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 overall audio quality doesn't disappoint either, with deep bass and crisp highs. Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 11 July 2025 Tyler Shane Fellow Clara $100 $80 (20% off) Amazon $100 Fellow Fellow's products rarely disappoint. Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 11 July 2025 One thing that doesn’t disappoint at a family reunion is the food. Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025 Norsk Tipping also apologized for the error and for disappointing its customers. Escher Walcott, People.com, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for disappoint
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  • Lin, its inventor, was born in 1895 in southern China during the tail end of a failing Qing dynasty.
    Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025
  • According to court documents obtained by the Charlotte Observer, the office found the commission failed to provide the bar with sufficient notice within five days of a April 30 deadline as required by the new statute before canceling the business’s ABC permits.
    Nora O’Neill July 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2025
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  • Unlike the previous Final Destination Bloodlines films, however, death not only comes for the specific individuals who cheated death, but for generations of relatives in the survivors’ bloodlines.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • Call to police started over cheating feud According to the criminal complaints: The woman began fighting the day before the shooting because of Jones' infidelity.
    Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
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  • George, displeased that the Clippers would only offer a three-year deal, bounced for Philadelphia on a four-year max.
    Sam Amick, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • In 2016, some members of Xiaomi’s supply chain team displeased Samsung Electronics Co. representatives and the South Korean firm threatened to halt supply of its industry-leading AMOLED screens.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
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  • The fans say they are upset by the Galaxy management’s silence amid ICE’s presence in the Latino community.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
  • Hedden observed the interaction and took the woman into custody, and records written by police said Hunt Jr. got upset and grabbed his cousin, interfering with her arrest.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

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“Disappoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappoint. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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