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as in disappointment
the emotion felt when one's expectations are not met
the museum exhibit was just so-so, and we returned home with a vague sense of letdown
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as in to disappoint
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
with my poor performance I really felt that I had let my teammates down
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Recent Examples of letdown
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Thankfully, the songs without vocals soften the letdown.
—Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 May 2026
Joker is our Giannis, a Euro legend in a flyover market, on a flyover team let down by his flyover organization.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
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Noun
Speaking of letdowns, what about that fight?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Thankfully, the songs without vocals soften the letdown.
—Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
Verb
Nicole, Nicole, let down your hair!
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 May 2026
Joker is our Giannis, a Euro legend in a flyover market, on a flyover team let down by his flyover organization.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for letdown
Noun
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The World Cup, though, also serves crushing disappointment as very few things can.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Difficult conversations are postponed because disappointment, irritation or distance feel too costly.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Verb
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But the final study results disappointed investors, and the drug has been limited to a subset of patients.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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Some viewers were disappointed that the second season of House of the Dragon ended not with a bang, but a whimper.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Teachers, nurses and doctors across the country regularly sound alarms about being overworked and underfunded, and many end up leaving their public jobs in frustration at impossible conditions.—
Ola Morris Innset,
The Dial,
2 June 2026
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Big Pharma is betting that its messaging machine can outlast public frustration — lawmakers should call their bluff.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
Noun
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The move ended a mutual defense treaty between Washington and Taipei, much to the dismay at the time of the US Congress, which quickly passed the Taiwan Relations Act to assert its role in relations across the Taiwan Strait.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Goldschmidt, lashing through the unhittable delivery, just stood in dismay.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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“Letdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letdown. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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