disappointing
1disappointing — a. defeating one s expectations or hopes; failing to fulfill one s expectations or hopes; as, a disappointing result; a disappointing crop yield. [PJC] …
2disappointing — n. the act of disappointing someone. Syn: disappointment, dashing hopes. [WordNet 1.5] …
3disappointing — index deficient, inadequate, nonsubstantial (not sufficient), unsatisfactory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4disappointing — adj. 1) disappointing to + inf. (it is disappointing to analyze the results) 2) disappointing that + inf. (it s disappointing that so few showed up) * * * [ˌdɪsə pɔɪntɪŋ] disappointing to + inf. (it is disappointing to analyze the results)… …
5disappointing — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …
6disappointing — [[t]dɪ̱səpɔ͟ɪntɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is disappointing is not as good or as large as you hoped it would be. The wine was excellent, but the meat was overdone and the vegetables disappointing... The recession is largely blamed for the… …
7disappointing — disappointingly, adv. /dis euh poyn ting/, adj. failing to fulfill one s hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage. [1520 30; DISAPPOINT + ING2] * * * …
8disappointing — dis|ap|point|ing [ˌdısəˈpɔıntıŋ] adj not as good as you hoped or expected ▪ disappointing profit figures ▪ The Lakers loss in the playoffs was very disappointing. >disappointingly adv …
9disappointing — adjective not as good as you hoped or expected: disappointing profit figures | Well, Bill was really negative about it, which was pretty disappointing. disappointingly adverb …
10Disappointing — Disappoint Dis ap*point , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappointing}.] [OF. desapointier, F. d[ e]sappointer; pref. des (L. dis ) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See {Appoint}.] 1. To defeat of expectation or hope; …
