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as in saddening
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as in inadequate
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as in failing
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
they were disappointed by the outcome of the big game
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Recent Examples of disappointing
Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
Rivals are projecting a 60% drop this weekend for director Bong Joon Ho’s interplanetary comedy, now looking to cross $33 million in its first 10 days of release — a disappointing return on what was a $118 million production.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
To manage through an era of... Post Sinking consumer sentiment, wobbly financial markets, and a scattering of disappointing macroeconomic data are stoking fears of a U.S. recession.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Harvard Business Review, 14 Mar. 2025
However, the company issued disappointing guidance for the full year.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The state’s most populous city provides a disappointing recent example of why money will never be enough to fix grinding problems.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
Rivals are projecting a 60% drop this weekend for director Bong Joon Ho’s interplanetary comedy, now looking to cross $33 million in its first 10 days of release — a disappointing return on what was a $118 million production.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
To manage through an era of... Post Sinking consumer sentiment, wobbly financial markets, and a scattering of disappointing macroeconomic data are stoking fears of a U.S. recession.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Harvard Business Review, 14 Mar. 2025
However, the company issued disappointing guidance for the full year.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappointing
Adjective
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Aguilar-Hurtado’s family lawsuit also included nine other examples of jail detainees who have accused the jail of providing inadequate medical care.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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As the threat of bird flu mounts—the virus is tearing through farms and mutating in ways that increasingly threaten human health—the country’s response has been woefully inadequate.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But failing to advance beyond the wild-card round (not to mention losing in infamous or controversial fashion) isn’t what fans had in mind when the front office spoke about building a sustainable contender years ago.—
Kaitlyn McGrath,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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Given the constant demands by wind, solar, and EV company executives for more and more government subsidies to sustain their failing business models, this reality could become disastrous for those rent-seeking industries in the coming years as the era of crony capitalism comes to a close.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Those studies show that supplementing with vitamin A in people who are deficient can lead to milder infections with diseases like measles.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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Kraken was also accused of having deficient internal controls and record keeping.—
Jonathan Stempel,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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And no, this isn’t some cheating scandal or love triangle.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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Niemann, who had previously admitted to cheating in online games, denied Carlsen's allegations.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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So, Apple Intelligence being inferior to Google’s offering doesn’t matter to them.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Rocky, inferior to at least three of these, will be the winner, though.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Representative Mike Lawler of New York, who has hinted at ambitions for a governor bid in 2026, according to the New York Post, will need to walk a fine line between appeasing his party and not upsetting potential voters in his home state, which could put him at odds with Republicans.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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These weeds require control to prevent upsetting the entire turf ecosystem.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Gomez gestured across the street toward 100 Centre Street—the criminal courthouse, a cheerless Art Deco building the color of cinder blocks.—
Sarah Lustbader,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Wedged between the cheerless skyscrapers of Third Avenue and an uncharming stretch of Second, just blocks north of the bro bars of Murray Hill, is a row of nine townhouses.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
2 Aug. 2024
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Unlike Proctor, who continues to be pampered and coddled by the brass for his atrocious misbehavior, Cournoyer was run out of the State Police.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
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Team-wide 3-point shooting (29.6 percent) is oddly atrocious.—
Brendan Quinn,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Disappointing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappointing. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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