0 to make sb unhappy by failing to be as good as expected -- skuffe
The holidays always disappointed him. Feriene skuffet ham bestandig.
1 to fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of -- skuffe, svike
The exhibition disappointed her after all she had heard about it.
It may also stem from the high expectations of citizens who feel disappointed with the government, despite the high standards they may enjoy.
Without adding limited fertilizer and compost the earlymaturing sorghum varieties would disappoint farmers.
Consequently, readers seeking new perspectives on anti-corruption initiatives will be disappointed.
The results so far have been disappointing though much work continues to be done in this area.
The low rate (18.6 %) of voluntary participation by registered medical centres was disappointing.
Ethnographers will probably find it under-researched, while social scientists searching for a theory of urban violence might be disappointed by its somewhat loose approach.
The wall-clock speedups obtained to date are disappointing.
A novice reader expecting to read this section and walk away understanding affine differential geometry and its use in mechanics will be disappointed.
