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as in saddening
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as in inadequate
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as in failing
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
they were disappointed by the outcome of the big game
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Recent Examples of disappointing
Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
Democratic senators voted unanimously to approve the new leadership team for the 119th Congress, showing resolve to remain unified despite their disappointing performance in the 2024 election, which cost them four Senate seats, including those held by longtime Sens.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
This durability has been the most relieving, most disappointing, most surprising aspect of having a child.
—Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Super Bowl hangover continues The San Francisco 49ers suffered another disappointing loss on Sunday as Seattle Seahawks QB Geno Smith scampered in for a game-winning touchdown with 12 seconds left.
—Andy Scholes, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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DeSantis ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination against Trump before dropping his bid in January following disappointing showings in the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries.
—Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
Democratic senators voted unanimously to approve the new leadership team for the 119th Congress, showing resolve to remain unified despite their disappointing performance in the 2024 election, which cost them four Senate seats, including those held by longtime Sens.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
This durability has been the most relieving, most disappointing, most surprising aspect of having a child.
—Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Super Bowl hangover continues The San Francisco 49ers suffered another disappointing loss on Sunday as Seattle Seahawks QB Geno Smith scampered in for a game-winning touchdown with 12 seconds left.
—Andy Scholes, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Doctors have also raised concerns about inadequate treatment guidance in this area.Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Fatal accidents on Nigeria's waterways have for some time raised alarms about the lack of effective oversight and regulation, even as the country faces other major challenges, including inadequate road infrastructure.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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One audit released in June faulted the state’s Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Revenue for failing to vet recipients of the bonus given to people working front-line jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic properly.Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
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And one failing to keep pace with the sudden surge in investor optimism toward China.William Pesek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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In healthy individuals who aren’t deficient in biotin, biotin supplementation will likely have no effect on hair growth, the same review concluded.Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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The latest decision in the 30-year-long legal saga vacated a Baltimore Circuit Judge’s previous ruling regarding school funding, but still ultimately rejected the plaintiffs’ attempt to revive the litigation over claims of deficient education standards at city schools.Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
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Neither of the two has ever confirmed that the reason for their breakup was indeed cheating, and Garfield and Stone remain friends to this day.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2024
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This might seem like cheating, but both.Billboard Japan, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2024
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The small market teams are cringing for a number of reasons these days - the deferred money being thrown around by the Dodgers, the daunting Soto sweepstakes and the huge amount of leftover cash that will be spread around a number of far inferior bats, to name a few.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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The vena cava is the largest vein in the body, carrying deoxygenated blood to the heart from the upper body parts (superior vena cava) and lower body parts (inferior vena cava).Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
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Wedged between the cheerless skyscrapers of Third Avenue and an uncharming stretch of Second, just blocks north of the bro bars of Murray Hill, is a row of nine townhouses.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 Aug. 2024
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Election polls may seem cheerless, inscrutable, and wrapped in data and murky terminology.W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Judges often trim down sentences because of the atrocious conditions at the Sunset Park jail, where two men were fatally stabbed just six weeks apart over the summer.John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Chile, despite being atrocious for the first nine games of this campaign, still have qualification to fight for.Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Thanks for following along. jen chaney Updated Nov. 5, 2024, 11:20 PM EST In all seriousness, this is depressing as hell Kornacki has been sharing a lot of percentage points and weird names of counties in the Midwest — Winnebago? — for the past five-plus hours.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Loading your audio article The national election news was downright depressing for many in the Bay Area, but there was a lot of cause for celebration among local candidates Tuesday night.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Disappointing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappointing. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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