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as in displeased
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 disappointed
Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2026
Lauder boosted its outlook in the second quarter as well — but not as much as some were hoping, leaving Wall Street disappointed.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Nobody returns from a trip to Europe disappointed, either.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 May 2026
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Adjective
Other airlines scrambled to help the legion of disappointed customers, including United and Frontier.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2026
Lauder boosted its outlook in the second quarter as well — but not as much as some were hoping, leaving Wall Street disappointed.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Verb
There is still plenty of season left to turn things around, but after reaching the World Series last year and coming up just short, the Blue Jays will be disappointed by anything less than another magical run through the postseason.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Nobody returns from a trip to Europe disappointed, either.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappointed
Adjective
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For the past 10 months, since a frustrated Colbert announced the cancellation of the three-decade-old talk show in July 2025, the countdown to his farewell has been looming over Colbert and the whole of the late-night genre like a guillotine with a threadbare rope.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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In Rhode Island, school speech therapist Denise Champney said she’s seen children get so frustrated with the software’s animations and spoken prompts that one punched the screen of his Chromebook.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Brown, 28, would leave Philadelphia after being displeased with his production and the performance of the Eagles’ offense, which employed five different coordinators in as many years.—
Andrew Callahan,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
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Dara Shikoh was designated as a successor to the Mughal throne by Shah Jahan, which displeased the ambitious Aurangzeb.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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One decade into hosting the popular competition show, Probst became disillusioned by the audience's desire to revel in conflict.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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While the world’s attention remains fixed on the military hardware of Iran’s regional proxies, the Islamic Republic’s greatest threat to survival has proved to be not the United States, but its own disillusioned and starving people.—
Liram Koblentz-Stenzler,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Verb
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But the most important election result for Jeffries that year may have come months earlier, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a twenty-eight-year-old bartender with no previous electoral experience, upset Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary for New York’s Fourteenth Congressional District.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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This is a precarious tightrope to walk, with bond investors primed to sell if there’s a hint the biggest player in the market upsets the apple cart.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Many libraries’ orders went unfulfilled, and all but the largest ones were left struggling to get popular titles to their patrons.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The unfulfilled payments promise has provided another knock to morale inside xAI, which has been through layoffs and several management changes since the start of the year.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
Verb
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After a series of coups by officers dissatisfied with lagging counterterrorism efforts, juntas in the three countries booted France altogether, establishing close ties with Russia instead.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
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The protagonist tacks between monikers, dissatisfied by what each represents.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Carlson — and other right-wing influencers — in recent months who have become disenchanted with the president.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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Dartmouth professor Jeff Friedman noted that younger voters grew up with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, conflicts that the public became disenchanted with.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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One attempt to stop single-serve liquor bans failed in the Senate on Tuesday, but it could be revived in another bill.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
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Having failed to please Greene with her abstractions, Lovelace O’Neal applied the powder directly to her white canvases, covering it in black pigment that became a background to pastel squiggles.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
13 May 2026
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“Disappointed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappointed. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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