disappointingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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"This is one feature with a disappointingly low usage rate which since this time has significantly improved," Mosseri said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The foundation said nearly 700,000 people went on to access its Stop It Now resources, which offer confidential advice and self-help tools - a figure some experts say is disappointingly low.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
For the rest of the building is disappointingly lackluster—boxy white galleries and corridors in “painted gypsum board,” i.e., sheetrock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
In the slang, “mid” means disappointingly mediocre, forgettable, uninspiring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025
The reporter had written a standard tearful-wife-waiting-in-anguish-for-news story, which Will found disappointingly short of actual facts.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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