disappointing

«disappointing» in Mova's school dictionary: not as good as you hoped or expected, so it makes you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (disappointing, more disappointing, most disappointing); present participle of disappoint (disappoint, disappoints, disappointed, disappointing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Disappointing means not as good as you hoped or expected, so it makes you feel let down. tree →

2) As a verb form, disappointing means letting someone down. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: a disappointing result, film or meal. In stories it shows a character's feelings falling. Phrases: a disappointing result, it is disappointing that, rather disappointing.

examples

• The match ended in a disappointing draw. tree →
• The weather was disappointing, so we stayed indoors. tree →
• It is disappointing that the trip was cancelled. tree →
• The film was a bit disappointing after all the adverts. tree →
• Her test score was disappointing, but she will try again. tree →
• I hate disappointing my parents. tree →
• ‘Ah!’ cried the Princess, ‘I am well punished for disappointing the King and Queen, and running away with this Ambassador about whom I knew nothing.’ tree →

note

Trap: "disappointing" describes the thing that causes the feeling; "disappointed" describes the person who feels it. The film was disappointing; I was disappointed. Spelling: one s, two p (disappoint). Noun: disappointment.

In the corpora

• He hated disappointing people, and he was fond of the Mole».
• "A damp squib" (UK) means a disappointing failure, like a firework that does not go off.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «disappointing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.