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Synonyms
dis·ap·point·ing (dĭśə-poińtĭng)

adjective 

Not up to expectations or hopes: a disappointing test score; finished the marathon in a disappointing 12th place.

derivatives

diśap·point́ing·ly
adverb
dis·ap·point (dĭśə-point́)

[Middle English disappointen, from Old French desapointier, to remove from office, des-, dis-, + apointer, apointier, to appoint; see appoint.]

verb: -point·ed, -point·ing, -points. 

transitive verb 

  1. To fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of.
  2. To frustrate or thwart: “I will not disappoint the confidence you have put in me” (Wayne A. Budd)

intransitive verb 

To cause disappointment.