disappointingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The Grand has been disappointingly slow to attract the restaurants, bars, cafes and shops it needs to create a scene.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
But disappointingly for investors, the stock hasn’t done much since July, he added.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025
The last time Walmart U.S. saw a same-store sales decline was in 2014, but it also suffered disappointingly slow growth from 2015 to 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
It was replaced by the Eurasia Cup - Asia versus Europe - between 2014-18 and Seve's name disappointingly disappeared from the schedule.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025
She stared at buildings and cars and signboards, all of them matte, disappointingly matte; in the landscape of her imagination, the mundane things in America were covered in a high-shine gloss.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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