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as in displeased
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
they were disappointed by the outcome of the big game
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Recent Examples of disappointed
Sean Gregory,
Time,
27 June 2026
And while Creger still thought the bill was positive, she was disappointed to see the weakened language around adding lanes to highways.
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Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Asian national teams largely disappointed at the World Cup, with most exiting after the group stage, a stark contrast to African teams' historic success.
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Simon Chadwick,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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Adjective
The disappointed Iranian players weren’t eager to talk about the Pride Match experience.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
27 June 2026
And while Creger still thought the bill was positive, she was disappointed to see the weakened language around adding lanes to highways.
—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
Verb
Tom Ayers, 34, was disappointed to find the fences already up on Monday.
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Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Asian national teams largely disappointed at the World Cup, with most exiting after the group stage, a stark contrast to African teams' historic success.
—
Simon Chadwick,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappointed
Adjective
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But no one who delves into Duchamp can shake the feeling that erotic fixations and frustrated romantic love are at the core of his imaginative universe.
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Unemployment remains above 30%, making migrants easy political targets for frustrated communities and opportunistic actors.
Verb
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Bad Bunny clearly saw something that displeased him on center court.
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Some customers on social media are understandably displeased by the news, with users on sites like Reddit promoting physical copies as the best way to permanently own media.
Adjective
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Owning a home has long been considered part of financial freedom and the larger American Dream, but that concept itself has lost its sheen as a rising share of young Americans grow disillusioned with it.
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Glass says her camps provide disillusioned men a better way forward.
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France will play Paraguay in the round of 16 on Saturday, facing the team that eliminated Germany in a shocking upset during a penalty shootout on Monday.
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Unfortunately for Freddy’s team, Germany was upset by Paraguay in a penalty shootout in the round of 32, ending their World Cup title hopes in the first knockout stage.
Adjective
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This sentiment stems from accelerating inflation, a cooling labor market, modest productivity gains, and AI's unfulfilled promise of broad wage increases.
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For instance, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been politically weakened by the Iran war’s major objectives going unfulfilled.
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After a series of coups by officers dissatisfied with lagging counterterrorism efforts, juntas in the three countries booted France altogether, establishing close ties with Russia instead.
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The protagonist tacks between monikers, dissatisfied by what each represents.
Adjective
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Presented Out of Competition at the 1967 edition of Venice, Deadly Sweet takes it cue from a brief encounter between a disenchanted man and a girl with no illusions in the wake of the murder of a nightclub owner in London.
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But according to the Daily Mail, the overall situation left him disenchanted.
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This was the case for Morocco’s opener, where Casemiro had eyes on two players at once while his team-mates failed to cut out the pass ahead of him.
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The stutter-step approach by Bruno Guimãraes on the penalty kick failed anyway and the game remained scoreless into the first hydration break.
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“Disappointed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappointed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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