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Definition of
letdown noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
letdown
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈlətdaʊn
/
/
[
countable
,
usually singular
,
uncountable
]
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something that is disappointing because it is not as good as you expected it to be
synonym
disappointment
,
anticlimax
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phrasal verb
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