disappointing result
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdisappointingandresult
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disappointing
adjective
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.tɪŋ/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪŋ/
making you ...
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result
noun
uk/rɪˈzʌlt/us/rɪˈzʌlt/
something that happens or exists because of ...
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(Definition ofdisappointingandresultfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is an exceedinglydisappointingresult.
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This was a verydisappointingresult.
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That is a ratherdisappointingresult.
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That is a mostdisappointingresultafter years of effort.
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I regard that as rather adisappointingresult.
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It is adisappointingresultto the points of order.
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Can she say something more about the factors which contributed to thedisappointingresult?
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We all share the sadness at thedisappointingresultof the referendum.
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An appeal to industry for financial support met with a verydisappointingresultindeed.
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He described that as adisappointingresult, but he promised to improve on it.
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I do not think that he is right in saying that this is adisappointingresult.
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Can he say what are the main reasons for thisdisappointingresult?
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If you compare £3,500,000 with £25,000,000 it is obviously a verydisappointingresult.
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But there is anotherdisappointingresultwhich will further reduce this figure.
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I think that the reasons for thedisappointingresultare practical.
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This is a mostdisappointingresult, which cannot be explained by the increase in traffic between 1962 and 1963.
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I do not intend to go over the many reasons which have led to such adisappointingresult.
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This was considered adisappointingresultfor a coveted demographic.
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The survey's mostdisappointingresultwas that only one in five teachers or parents teaching swimming in schools had swimming teaching qualifications.
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Drastically to reduce our nuclear forces and to put the savings into conventional forces would have a mostdisappointingresulton the total defence expenditure.
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He described thedisappointingresultas a typical 1967 limited-animation theatrical.
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It is a verydisappointingresult; people in social work tell me that there are immense practical difficulties, and that the scheme is just not working well.
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He will himself admit that for five months we have been extremely patient in awaiting the prolonged process of gestation which has led to thisdisappointingresult.
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Thisdisappointingresultwas prelude to a number of challenges he would face in organising his international conference.
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