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• v  fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
• s  not up to expectations
  a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising

• The 1964 presidential campaign has been one of the most disappointing ever.
• The first time you meet a robot can be pretty disappointing.
• Among things Bush found disappointing: the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the failed response to Hurricane Katrina and the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction .

• disappoint
• let down
• dissatisfactory
• unsatisfying

News & Articles

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• News Summary: Disappointing news lead stocks down
  News Summary: Disappointing news lead stocks down Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 2:18 pm, Friday, June 14, 2013 GOING DOWN: Disappointing reports about the U.S. economy helped push the stock market lower on Friday. Americans' confidence in the economy weakened in June ...
  June 18, 2013 - seattlepi.com
• Disappointing reports help push U.S. stocks down
  Disappointing reports about the U.S. economy helped push the stock market lower Friday. Concerns that the Federal Reserve could announce plans to cut back its stimulus program next week also weighed on the mood.
  June 15, 2013 - Denver Post
• Disappointing reports help push US stocks down
  Disappointing reports about the U.S. economy helped push the stock market lower on Friday. Concerns that the Federal Reserve could announce plans to cut back its stimulus program next week also weighed ...
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Fabio Capello in The Canadian Press
  It was one of the most important things in the game,Capello said. "The goal was very important. We could have played a different style. We played I think well at 2-1, but after the third goal it was a little bit disappointing."
• Dan Gilbert in Columbia Daily Tribune
  After a long and deep analysis of all of the factors that led to the disappointing early ends to our playoff runs over the past two seasons, we concluded that it was time for the Cavaliers to move in a different direction,Gilbert said today...
• Landon Donovan in The Associated Press
  That was not a good day. For me or for the team,Donovan said when asked about the Ghana game in 2006. "What I remember most personally was my tentativeness and the immediate feeling afterward of the finality of it, and how disappointing...