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US
/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd, ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/
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[ UK /dˌɪsɐpˈɔɪntɪd/ ]
[ UK /dˌɪsɐpˈɔɪntɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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disappointingly unsuccessful
their foiled attempt to capture Calais
disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
his best efforts were thwarted
many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
How To Use disappointed In A Sentence
- He did not seem overcome with pleasure at the idea of Philippa's visit, and she felt a little disappointed, but she had been interested in his talk; and as she went back to the house with Miss Mervyn, her mind was so full of it, that she felt obliged to tell her all about Tuvvy and Dennis, and her own plans for Becky's benefit. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes
- I leaned a minute against a Corinthian column; I lamented that no pontiff arrived with victims and aruspices, of whom I might inquire, what, in the name of birds and garbage, put me so terribly out of humour! for you must know I was very near being disappointed, and began to think Piranesi and Paolo Panini had been a great deal too colossal in their view of this venerable structure. Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents
- Elizabeth had been a good deal disappointed in not finding a letter from Jane on their first arrival at Lambton; and this disappointment had been renewed on each of the mornings that had now been spent there; but on the third her repining was over, and her sister justified, by the receipt of two letters from her at once, on one of which was marked that it had been missent elsewhere. Pride and Prejudice
- He left with few regrets, happy that his game on clay had never been better, although disappointed that, yet again, his best was not good enough to beat a slightly underdone Nadal. Rafael Nadal boxed clever to beat Roger Federer in French Open | Kevin Mitchell
- Those with a hearty appetite for the whiz of bullets, the bang of artillery, dying declarations, famous last words, and eyewitness accounts of the face of battle will not be disappointed.
- The news orgs, by contrast, are doing this out of laziness and a hopeless addiction to portraying lefties as a kind of perennially-disappointed lost tribe who will never, ever find their way out of the wilderness. News Orgs: The Left Is Upset With Obama -- Even Though It Isn't
- I was disappointed to see very few (if any) contributions to the patients' issue from doctors who currently face patients in an emergency, at unsocial hours, in dismal surroundings.
- Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. George Carlin
- It was the passionate, slightly muddled rancour of a disappointed man.
- If you're expecting Dad to let you borrow his car, you're going to be sorely disappointed.