disappoint
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disappoint/dɪsəˈpɔɪnt/
▶verb fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of.
■ prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized.
– derivatives
disappointing adjective,
disappointingly adverb.
disappointing adjective,
disappointingly adverb.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘deprive of a position’): from OFr. desappointer.
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