word-vault/dist/data/cards/di/disappointing.json

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{
    "term": "disappointing",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not as good, successful, etc. as you had hoped; making you feel disappointed",
            "sensetop": "disappointing for somebodydisappointing to somebodydisappointing to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a disappointing result/performance/defeat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team has had a disappointing start to the season."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The outcome of the court case was disappointing for the family involved.",
                    "contextForm": "disappointing for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The choices made on election day will always be disappointing to a significant number of voters.",
                    "contextForm": "disappointing to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We did a good job but it's still disappointing to only finish second.",
                    "contextForm": "disappointing to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film was terribly disappointing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was very disappointing for all the fans watching the game."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They gave a very disappointing performance."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure", "Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/disappointing/disappointing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/disappointing/disappointing__us_5.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}