What is the meaning of disappointed?

verb

  • Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of.
    • usage: "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"

adjective

  • Disappointingly unsuccessful.
    • usage: "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
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