big disappointment

collocation in English

meaningsofbiganddisappointment

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big
adjective
uk
/bɪɡ/
us
/bɪɡ/
large in size ...
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disappointment
noun
uk
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
us
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
the feeling of ...
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(Definition ofbiganddisappointmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbig disappointment

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But thebigdisappointmentis how little current empirical evidence is drawn upon to support their claims.
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It is dreadful and abigdisappointment, but it is not exactly surprising.
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Is he satisfied that what he has proposed will not be a verybigdisappointmentto the livestock industry?
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I start with our onebigdisappointment, which is that the proposals make no changes for the relaxation of gross margin control.
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That is abigdisappointment.
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On the specific issue of common agricultural policy reform, which has to be thebigdisappointmentof the weekend, too little progress—if, indeed, much progress at all—was achieved.
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I wanted to really go for the win here, and it's abigdisappointmentwe couldn't finish the race.
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It was a verybigdisappointmentin my life.
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If not, it will be abigdisappointment.
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It was abigdisappointmentfor me because its every players ambition to get one.
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Demob was abigdisappointmentto a lot of us.
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Though the production quality is undoubtedly extremely high, the lyrical focus will be abigdisappointmentto anyone looking for some gospel inspiration.
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It was abigdisappointment.
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But the season became onebigdisappointment.
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Kelric's escape after only a couple of days was abigdisappointmentfor her.
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