disappointments

plural of disappointment
as in letdowns
something that disappoints after all the publicity and high expectations, the sequel to the movie blockbuster was a huge disappointment

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Recent Examples of disappointments There will be early disappointments, like the rough start the Dolphins (0-2) got off to in road losses to the Las Vegas Raiders and San Francisco 49ers. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026 Two weeks into this season, the Bucks are one of the NFL's biggest disappointments. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Oakley and Reid lean so heavily into Elinor and Marianne’s crushing disappointments and the forces holding them back in a period of vast gender inequity, that their sorrows shove the characters’ more captivating qualities to the side. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 There were five five-star QBs in that class, of which only one, Texas’s Arch Manning, remains at his original school, and two, Jackson Arnold and Malachi Nelson, have been major disappointments. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Earnings disappointments led to our exits from Procter & Gamble and Dover . — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 This year, the Sky’s biggest investments were also their greatest disappointments. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 My clients have found this to be a very effective strategy to ensure there are no surprises, big disappointments or overwhelming, stressful situations that then lead to disgruntled feelings for both the owner and staff. — Hanneke Antonelli, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 And yet, more often than not, modern-day biopic films are disappointments, inert movies that fall into the same narrative traps, leaving audiences cold. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappointments
Noun
  • Not after the constant letdowns during both of their tenures.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In a pantheon that the Heat in no way hope next includes Antetokounmpo, there already have been ample letdowns.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Olivia Miles scored 20 points to lead Minnesota, losers of three straight.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The biggest losers right now are truckload carriers, especially small firms or owner-operators.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • That makes preventing deployment and routing failures especially important as these fleets expand.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Built in 1965, the JFK was the oldest ferry in the Staten Island fleet when it was retired last August due to mechanical failures.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Disappointments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappointments. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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