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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For an evening splurge, the theatrical restaurant Marble never disappoints.—
Emily Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025 -
How to Watch Real Madrid vs Barcelona Real Madrid and Barcelona clash once again in El Clásico, a fixture that rarely disappoints and often shapes the La Liga title race.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Lets down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lets%20down. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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