Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Thwarted in hope, desire, or expectation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Baffled; balked; thwarted; frustrated: as, a disappointed man; disappointed hopes.
- Not appointed or prepared; unprepared or ill-prepared.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Defeated of expectation or hope; balked.
- adjective obsolete Unprepared; unequipped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Defeated of expectation orhope ; let down. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disappoint .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective disappointingly unsuccessful
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Examples
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The title disappointed, selling less than 40,000 copies.
Space Invader 2008
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But as Richmond whispered "Jackson's coming" and waited expectantly for his lightning attack to flash, there was something ominous in Ewell's choice of the word "disappointed."
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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But as Richmond whispered "Jackson's coming" and waited expectantly for his lightning attack to flash, there was something ominous in Ewell's choice of the word "disappointed."
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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But to dismiss the entire corpus of horror, fantasy and spirituality because one prime time show disappointed is just lazy criticism.
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However, who else they disappointed is of no consequence if the expectations were unrealistic to begin with.
Khai Gordon: The Media vs. The Dallas Cowboys Khai Gordon 2010
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In 1992, Carl was again disappointed when his application for membership at the prestigious National Academy of Sciences was denied.
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Chance of my grandmother being once again disappointed in her Yankees: higher.
HUFFPOST HILL - OCTOBER 19TH, 2010 Eliot Nelson 2010
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They've now sent their fans home disappointed from a postseason game 10 straight times.
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However, who else they disappointed is of no consequence if the expectations were unrealistic to begin with.
Khai Gordon: The Media vs. The Dallas Cowboys Khai Gordon 2010
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However, who else they disappointed is of no consequence if the expectations were unrealistic to begin with.
Khai Gordon: The Media vs. The Dallas Cowboys Khai Gordon 2010
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