disappointing start

collocation in English

meaningsofdisappointingandstart

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disappointing
adjective
uk
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.tɪŋ/us
/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪŋ/
making you ...
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start
noun
uk
/stɑːt/us
/stɑːrt/
the beginning ...
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(Definition ofdisappointingandstartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is a somewhatdisappointingstartfrom that point of view.
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That was not forthcoming, and it was adisappointingstartto the debate.
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As he rightly said, the original scheme made a mostdisappointingstartand the threshold was lowered.
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It had adisappointingstart, having failed to convince the market either on perceived quality or reliability.
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Copsey also called the single adisappointingstart.
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It was the last goal in the 22 match, the third straight draw in the teamsdisappointingstartof the season.
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Despite starting the 201011 campaign as promotion favourites, the club endured adisappointingstart to the season securing only 1-point in 5 away games.
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By 1985 the 959 rally variant was ready, but it experienced adisappointingstart: all three cars failed to finish.
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The team had adisappointingstartto the season with several consecutive losses but managed to find form late in the season to finish a respectable 6th place.
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Dolgopolov then suffered adisappointingstartto the clay season, suffering four consecutive first-round defeats.
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This was adisappointingstart.
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The car was able to improve on itsdisappointingstartby finishing the race in 1996, although the car finished in 19th place, 59 laps behind the winner.
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After this ratherdisappointingstarthe became a regular part of the first team and was voted supporters player of the year for the 2005 season.
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