deep disappointment

collocation in English

meaningsofdeepanddisappointment

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deep
adjective
uk
/diːp/us
/diːp/
going or being a long way down from the top or surface, or being of a particular distance from the top to ...
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disappointment
noun
uk
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/us
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
the feeling of ...
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(Definition ofdeepanddisappointmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The publication of these letters must have been adeepdisappointmentto those who thought that a great moral scandal was likely to be revealed.
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One apology states that the matter will causedeepdisappointment.
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I can only express my sense ofdeepdisappointmentand my dislike of the very, obvious compromise which has been arrived at.
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I fear that they are in for adeepdisappointment.
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Moreover, it will be a cause ofdeepdisappointmentand no little hardship to a number of women in this category.
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There isdeepdisappointmentfelt in many local authority areas about the cuts in the school building programmes and the holding back of programmes.
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There wasdeepdisappointment, though little surprise, at the lack of a mention of rural affairs.
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Onedeepdisappointmentis that only very modest annual increases to the landfill tax, which seems to be a good thing, are being proposed.
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On the pages of those reports she will find, albeit expressed in restrained terms, adeepdisappointment.
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Despite hisdeepdisappointmentat losing his seat, he was gracious in defeat.
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The expectation cannot be justified, and there are bound to be occasions ofdeepdisappointment.
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I do so with a heavy heart, more in a tone ofdeepdisappointmentthan in anger.
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I warned that the result is likely to bedeepdisappointmentfor the bewildered bride.
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We understand thedeepdisappointmentthat will be felt by farmers in this country.
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For the committed federalists, the outcome was adeepdisappointment.
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If nothing is done, there will be adeepdisappointment, and adverse effects, even if not to a tremendous degree, will quite undoubtedly follow.
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I understand the verydeepdisappointmentthat postal workers will be feeling at this news today.
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It formally expresseddeepdisappointment, called the lack of notification to local residents "unacceptable" and was not convinced that a mast 32m high was required.
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It is a matter ofdeepdisappointmentto me to find that women are not included.
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The policy in regard to the national shipyards has been adeepdisappointment.
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