as in disappoints
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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disappoints
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And this White Bean Chicken Chili never disappoints.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025 -
The centre-back hesitates and then passes sideways, which disappoints Szoboszlai and Bradley.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Lets down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lets%20down. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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