disappointing outcome
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdisappointingandoutcome
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disappointing
adjective
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.tɪŋ/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪŋ/
making you ...
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outcome
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ˈaʊt.kʌm/us/ˈaʊt.kʌm/
a result or effect of an action, ...
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(Definition ofdisappointingandoutcomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In spite of the appreciable progress made this was a ratherdisappointingoutcomefor the year.
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I shall continue to make every effort to improve on thisdisappointingoutcome.
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Thatdisappointingoutcomewas repeated after each election.
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What accounts for this unexpected and (for many)disappointingoutcome?
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Despite thedisappointingoutcome, this first experience as well as other initiatives undertaken by the government showed that there was a real demand for telephone communication in rural areas.
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The long delay and sometimesdisappointingoutcomeof applications is a very serious obstacle to recruitment.
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In spite of the appreciable progress made this was a ratherdisappointingoutcomefor the year.
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I shall continue to make every effort to improve on thisdisappointingoutcome.
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I sincerely hope that thedisappointingoutcomeof this first phase of negotiations can be offset by the second round, which we hope to see concluded swiftly.
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That is adisappointingoutcome, particularly as we know that every year that we lose will, of course, result in us having to raise our efforts even further.
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But when we find that that concept is introduced over such a very limited field, and subject to such considerable exceptions, we feel that it is adisappointingoutcome.
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We say that it is in those discretionary areas that it may be possible to get the most out of what we see as adisappointingoutcome.
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That was adisappointingoutcomefor us.
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Given the disappointing outcomes, there have been extensive deliberations on the desirability of intergovernmental fiscal relations reforms and their management.
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I shall just cite three disappointing outcomes.
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