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    dis·ap·point·ing
    [ˌdisəˈpoin(t)iNG]
    adjective
    disappointing (adjective)
    1. failing to fulfill someone's hopes or expectations:
      "the team made a disappointing start" · "it's disappointing that the market hasn't gone higher"
    dis·ap·point
    [ˌdisəˈpoint]
    verb
    disappointing (present participle)
    1. fail to fulfill the hopes or expectations of (someone):
      "I have no wish to disappoint everyone by postponing the visit"
      • prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized:
        "to disappoint the hopes that are now awakened could be very dangerous"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of a position’): from Old French desappointer.
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    adjective
    1. failing to fulfill someone's hopes or expectations:
      saddening
      disheartening
      dispiriting
      discouraging
      upsetting
      dismaying
      depressing
      distressing
      disenchanting
      disillusioning
      dissatisfying
      regrettable
      unfortunate
      unsatisfactory
      inadequate
      insufficient
      unworthy
      substandard
      poor
      inferior
      deficient
      second-rate
      pathetic
      pitiful
      anticlimactic
      sorry
      underwhelming
      duff
      ropy
      rubbish
      not good enough
      below par
      not up to scratch
      not up to snuff
      not all it's cracked up to be
      Opposite:
      encouraging
      cheering
      satisfactory
    verb
    1. fail to fulfill the hopes or expectations of (someone):
      let down
      fail
      dishearten
      dispirit
      discourage
      upset
      dismay
      depress
      sadden
      disenchant
      disillusion
      dissatisfy
      disgruntle
      chagrin
      bum out
      dash the hopes of
      dampen the spirits of
      shatter the illusions of
      fall short (of expectations)
      Opposite:
      cheer
      satisfy
     
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  1. Disappointing means1234:
    • To fail to meet a hope or expectation
    • Failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations
    • Not as good, successful, etc. as you had hoped; making you feel disappointed
    • Not up to expectations or hopes
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    : to fail to meet a hope or expectation : to cause disappointment

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    adjective failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.

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    disappointing adjective /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ not as good, successful, etc. as you had hoped; making you feel disappointed

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    adj. Not up to expectations or hopes: a disappointing test score; finished the marathon in a disappointing 12th place.

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    Something that is disappointing is not as good or as large as you hoped it would be. The meal was disappointing. Failing to meet one's expectations, hopes, desires, or standards.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, …

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    What does it mean if a person is disappointed?
    Disappointing comes from the verb disappoint, which means "frustrate expectations," but had an earlier definition of "remove from appointed office." The modern sense of disappoint and disappointing comes from "fail to keep an appointment."

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    What is a disappointing adjective?
    Definition of disappointing adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary not as good, successful, etc. as you had hoped; making you feel disappointed The team has had a disappointing start to the season. disappointing for somebody The outcome of the court case was disappointing for the family involved.

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    What does a disappointing result mean?
    not as good, successful, etc. as you had hoped; making you feel disappointed a disappointing result/performance The outcome of the court case was disappointing for the family involved. The team has had a disappointing start to the season. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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    Where did the word disappointing come from?
    The earliest known use of the noun disappointing is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for disappointing is from 1533, in a letter by H. Essex. disappointing is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disappoint v., ‑ing suffix1.

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