Usually means: Falling short of expectations, unsatisfactory.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word disappointing:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. disappointing: Merriam-Webster
  2. disappointing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. disappointing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. disappointing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. disappointing: Vocabulary.com
  6. Disappointing, disappointing: Wordnik
  7. disappointing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. disappointing: Wiktionary
  9. disappointing: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Disappointing, disappointing: Dictionary.com
  11. disappointing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Disappointing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. disappointing: Rhymezone
  14. disappointing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. disappointing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. disappointing: FreeDictionary.org
  17. disappointing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. disappointing: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. disappointing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. disappointing: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. disappointing: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Causing disappointment.

Similar:
disappointment, dissatisfactory, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, dashing hopes, dissapointed, waste, disillusionary, discommendable, distortive, more...

Opposite:
satisfying, fulfilling, rewarding, pleasing, gratifying

Types:
lackluster, underwhelming, unimpressive, mediocre, ho-hum, more...

Phrases:
slightly disappointing, how disappointing, disappointing boring, more...

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     dull brown,     olive drab,     mustard yellow, more...



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Similar:
disappointment, dissatisfactory, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, dashing hopes, dissapointed, waste, disillusionary, discommendable, distortive, more...

Opposite:
satisfying, fulfilling, rewarding, pleasing, gratifying

Types:
lackluster, underwhelming, unimpressive, mediocre, ho-hum, more...

Phrases:
slightly disappointing, how disappointing, disappointing boring, more...

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     dull brown,     olive drab,     mustard yellow, more...



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