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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
Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
Disregarding several years of narrative planning from Lucasfilm Publishing was a disappointing response from the studio amid a mixed reaction to the polarizing but still popular series.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
American Eagle Outfitters — Shares of the apparel retailer sank nearly 14% on disappointing holiday guidance .
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Signing day had been trending in a disappointing direction for USC, well before Wednesday.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Take the quiz here … LEGEND SPEAKS – Drew Brees discusses Saints’ disappointing season, Sean Payton’s rebound.
—Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
Disregarding several years of narrative planning from Lucasfilm Publishing was a disappointing response from the studio amid a mixed reaction to the polarizing but still popular series.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
American Eagle Outfitters — Shares of the apparel retailer sank nearly 14% on disappointing holiday guidance .
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Signing day had been trending in a disappointing direction for USC, well before Wednesday.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Often, underperformance is rooted in commercial challenges—poor go-to-market capabilities, weak differentiation, inadequate sales talent, lack of a SalesTech infrastructure, or insufficient understanding of market conditions, as the latest CMO Survey has shown.Julian Villanueva, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Deputies discovered numerous cats and dogs living in unsanitary and unsafe conditions, with inadequate food, water and ventilation.Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 10 Dec. 2024
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Topline Grocery store chain Albertsons formally terminated nearly $25 billion merger agreement with rival Kroger on Wednesday, a day after a federal judge blocked the deal—with Albertsons filing a lawsuit accusing Kroger of failing to win regulatory approval for the agreement.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Kroger breached the merger agreement by refusing to divest assets necessary for antitrust approval, ignoring feedback from regulators, rejecting divesture buyers and failing to cooperate with Albertsons, the company claims.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 11 Dec. 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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Most significantly, with three other dangerous Bears weapons spread to the right, safety Xavier Woods began cheating in that direction before the play began.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
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Alexander says having an app summarize material for a learner is not considered cheating.Sarah Scott, Parents, 9 Dec. 2024
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One Czech general later recalled that Israel’s performance in that operation made the Soviet Union realize how inferior its technology was to its Cold War rivals.Paul Iddon, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Millions of Jews were murdered at those camps during the Holocaust, alongside political opponents of the Nazi regime and members of groups declared to be racially or biologically inferior, such as Roma and homosexuals.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Failing to do so risks upsetting a leader with a short fuse and the power to sink a company’s stock or ignite a boycott with a single social media post.Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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Ranked in the preseason Top 25, the Jayhawks limped to a 2-6 start before upsetting 7-1 Iowa State.Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 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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However, their defense has been atrocious, allowing 28.3 points per game, which is tied with the Cowboys for 30th in the NFL.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 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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“Disappointing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappointing. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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