disappoint
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- (transitive & intransitive) If something disappoints somebody, it makes them unhappy because it was not as good as they expected.
- I'm afraid you really disappointed me. I thought you were more honest.
- We thought the party would be good and it didn't disappoint.
- (transitive & intransitive) If something disappoints somebody, they thought it would happen but it didn't.
- I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the meeting has been cancelled.
- When the president returned, it disappointed our hopes for change.
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