great disappointment

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatanddisappointment

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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disappointment
noun
uk
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/us
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
the feeling of ...
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(Definition ofgreatanddisappointmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreat disappointment

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Greatdisappointmentnotwithstanding, quarantine was often not a surprise.
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There were great expectations of this reform, and there has been great progress, but there is alsogreatdisappointment.
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I must say, to mygreatdisappointment, that many of the proposed amendments are designed merely to maintain the status quo.
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To most of our citizens, and to us, they were agreatdisappointment.
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If that is the case, it is a matter forgreatdisappointment.
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We have to admit that they will be agreatdisappointmentto them.
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Greatdisappointmentwas felt by retirement pensioners owing to the fact that considerable promises had been made by the party opposite on this topic.
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Therefore, the statement gave rise togreatdisappointment.
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That must come as agreatdisappointmentto the industry.
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It has been agreatdisappointmentto note this lack of co-operation.
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I take the view that it is a verygreatdisappointmentthat we are not able to make progress.
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It is agreatdisappointmentto anyone who studies planning.
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I found it agreatdisappointmentand a wasted opportunity.
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There will begreatdisappointmentin many quarters if this opportunity is not fully taken, and taken in a generous spirit towards the birds themselves.
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I fear that that track may lead togreatdisappointment.
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To me it is a matter ofgreatdisappointmentthat so far we have had no hint that that is to be the case.
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When the speech he made today is reviewed in farming circles it will be treated as a verygreatdisappointment.
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One need hardly say that this has been agreatdisappointmentto us all.
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He refused to do that, andgreatdisappointmentwas created in the burghs.
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However, it has been received withgreatdisappointment.
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