DISAPPOINTING


Meaning of DISAPPOINTING in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a disappointing start

He accepted full responsibility for the club’s disappointing start to the season.

a poor/disappointing season

It's been a disappointing season for Arsenal.

disappointing

Sales for the first three months of this year were disappointing.

disappointing

The country’s recent economic performance has been disappointing.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

very

Discussion Our results are very disappointing .

Leigh, after impressive wins over Widnes and Featherstone Rovers, were very disappointing .

The graduate assignments the following year were reportedly very disappointing , with a disproportionate number being sent to rural areas.

That would be a much better way forward than this very disappointing statement.

But in the end very disappointing .

■ NOUN

performance

The film's disappointing performance was laid at its documentary style and unfocused lack of drama.

In summary, a disappointing performance for me.

Jemson's problems shouldn't detract from woeful Wednesday's own troubles and their disappointing performance .

It was a disappointing performance by the Bears for whom only Mark Lemon and the determined Odom took the chequered flag.

result

As mentioned earlier, scales can sometimes show disappointing results because of fluid fluctuations within the body.

Several workers have reported disappointing results in a high incidence of gastrointestinal side effects.

The programme had been under way for some time, studying liquid-liquid reactions with disappointing results .

Cup fever had obscured disappointing results and falling attendances in the League.

Empirically derived combinations of chemotherapeutic drugs have given disappointing results .

The way forward A very disappointing result .

season

The Glens have the cup pedigree and their cup run has kept a disappointing season alive.

He reminds her that her predecessor kept his job for seventeen years, despite a number of disappointing seasons .

He could be forgiven one disappointing season with a track record like that.

For North it has been a disappointing season and Saturday's 57-run defeat summed up their form this year.

start

Noades blamed unprofessionalism, a slipshod approach and complacency for the club's disappointing start to the season.

He is also confident that the club can haul themselves further up the league after a disappointing start to the season.

All this made for a disappointing start but I am happy to say that much else is on an altogether higher level.

Read in studio Cricket now, and the quarter finals of the Nat West trophy, Northants have made a disappointing start .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Company profits this year have been very disappointing .

It rained most of the time we were in England, which was pretty disappointing .

The delay of the flight was disappointing news for the travelers.

The team had a disappointing season.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He finished with a disappointing 72 to go with his first round of 71.

He reminds her that her predecessor kept his job for seventeen years, despite a number of disappointing seasons.

It was a disappointing display and we were fortunate to come away with a point.

It was finally released on September 23, 1970 to disappointing reviews and box office results.

The film's disappointing performance was laid at its documentary style and unfocused lack of drama.

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