Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Thwarted in hope, desire, or expectation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Baffled; balked; thwarted; frustrated: as, a disappointed man; disappointed hopes.
- Not appointed or prepared; unprepared or ill-prepared.
Wiktionary
- adj. Defeated of expectation or hope; let down.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of disappoint.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked.
- adj. Unprepared; unequipped.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. disappointingly unsuccessful
Examples
“The title disappointed, selling less than 40,000 copies.”
“But as Richmond whispered "Jackson's coming" and waited expectantly for his lightning attack to flash, there was something ominous in Ewell's choice of the word "disappointed.”
“In 1992, Carl was again disappointed when his application for membership at the prestigious National Academy of Sciences was denied.”
“Chance of my grandmother being once again disappointed in her Yankees: higher.”
“However, who else they disappointed is of no consequence if the expectations were unrealistic to begin with.”
The Huffington Post: Khai Gordon: The Media vs. The Dallas Cowboys
“But to dismiss the entire corpus of horror, fantasy and spirituality because one prime time show disappointed is just lazy criticism.”
“They've now sent their fans home disappointed from a postseason game 10 straight times.”
The Huffington Post: Andy Pettitte Leads Yankees To 2-0 Lead On Twins
“She looks visibly disappointed, is thinking this will never fly with the Louboutins I've been considering buying.”
The Huffington Post: Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: Live-Blogging a Date.
“Though, Assange was again disappointed in the way the paper reported on the material.”
The Huffington Post: Christopher Alessi: WikiLeaks Founder Lashes out at New York Times
“Dr. FENTON: Well, we are not surprised, but we remain disappointed because this is clear evidence that we're continuing to fail in the fight against HIV with gay and bisexual men.”
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