as in failing
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
they were disappointed by the outcome of the big game
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as in saddening
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as in inadequate
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Recent Examples of disappointing
The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Although Anisimova has had a breakout year, her season has been punctuated by disappointing losses in the Wimbledon and US Open finals to Iga Świątek and Aryna Sabalenka, respectively.
—Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Ankur Bindal, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The disappointing run has raised questions over what has gone wrong for the Premier League champions.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Although Anisimova has had a breakout year, her season has been punctuated by disappointing losses in the Wimbledon and US Open finals to Iga Świątek and Aryna Sabalenka, respectively.
—Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The pressure to overperform, the fear of disappointing others and the worry of appearing uncommitted are real concerns for growth-minded professionals.
—Ankur Bindal, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappointing
Verb
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The defense missed a few key stops, failing to protect a two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Harrington's sump pump had malfunctioned, failing to push rising waters back outside.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Foster carer Sophia Roth from Baltimore, Maryland, took to TikTok, posting under the handle @sophiebri98, to share the saddening experience of her latest foster pup, Scooby.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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That would be a saddening surrender to might makes right.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The rapid expansion of psychedelic therapy has surfaced risks, like inadequate facilitator training and questionable consent practices in unregulated settings.—
Sonia Singh,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Private pleas for Biden to show some heart were simply an inadequate response to the killing fields of Gaza, which anyone with eyes could recognize as a genocide.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This isn’t the first time that the couple was surrounded by cheating rumors.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
30 Sep. 2025
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She and Jon, who married in 1999, divorced in 2009, the same year as the cheating rumors.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Last season, the Bruins strung together three wins against Rutgers, Nebraska and Iowa – but that team resembled Chip Kelly’s decent-if-dissatisfying regime.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Will his shooting and floater game give enough offensive jolt to add some real spacing around a roster that, even with Kevin Durant, seems notably deficient in terms of spacing?—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Miami’s edge rushers also have been deficient against the run this season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Baltimore's lone victory this season came against the Cleveland Browns, who, despite upsetting the Green Bay Packers last week, are also 1-3 and equally struggling.—
Hunter Simpson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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The oil and gas outsiders at Venture Global are doing so by upending project design norms, upsetting the Big Oil hierarchy, and dominating the nascent gas export industry.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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My father was very discouraging about it, too.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, the Edinburgh publishers Oliver and Boyd brought out an anthology called The Door of Youth—A Selection of Poems from Edinburgh School Magazines, with a discouraging preface by John Buchan.—
Frances Wilson
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Disappointing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappointing. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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