Usually means: Decrease in expectation or performance.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word let-down:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Let-Down, let-down: Wordnik
  2. let-down: Wiktionary
  3. let-down: Dictionary.com
  4. let-down: ESL Idiom Page
  5. let-down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. let-down: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  3. let-down: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. let-down: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. let-down: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (let-down)

noun:  (countable) A disappointment or anticlimax.
noun:  (countable, uncountable) The neurohormonal release of milk in dairy cows or in breastfeeding human mothers.
noun:  (aviation) The clearance of an aircraft to descend through clouds to clear air below, or the process of granting such a clearance.

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