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disappointing

 
/ˌdɪs·əˈpɔɪn·tɪŋ/ adj

Definition

not as good as you had hoped or expected; not satisfactory: The team has had two disappointing seasons. Kerrigan finished the race a disappointing fifth.
(Definition of disappointing adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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