- not as good, successful, etc. as you had hoped; making you feel disappointed
- a disappointing result/performance/defeat
- 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.
- disappointing to somebody The choices made on election day will always be disappointing to a significant number of voters.
- disappointing to do something We did a good job but it's still disappointing to only finish second.
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failureb1, Feelingsb1- The film was terribly disappointing.
- This was very disappointing for all the fans watching the game.
- They gave a very disappointing performance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- for
- to
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