fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
"Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"
not up to expectations
"a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"
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disappointing
A storm at sea, a vine-wasting hail tempest, a disappointing farm, cause no anxiety to him who is content with enough. [ Horace ]
Nature seems to delight in disappointing the assiduities of art, with which it would rear dulness to maturity, and to glory in the vigor and luxuriance of her chance productions. She scatters the seeds of genius to the winds, and though some may perish among the stony places of the world, and some may be choked by the thorns and brambles of early adversity, yet others will now and then strike root even in the clefts of the rock, struggle bravely up into sunshine, and spread over their sterile birthplace all the beauties of vegetation. [ Washington Irving ]
disappointingin Scrabble®
The word disappointing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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disappointingin Words With Friends™
The word disappointing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
disappointing:
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