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She added it was "disillusioning and disappointing that South Wales Police and the CPS demonstrated a lack of understanding" to what she said were the "unique stresses" of transitioning.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

Most disillusioning of all is the play’s flimsy treatment of class and privilege.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

The exhibition is as disillusioning about any reflexive association of the Renaissance with pervasive humanism as it is about the Tudors themselves.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022

And perhaps before any of that, he’ll have to win over the remaining players from a very disillusioning Husky season.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2021

In light of the bold and defiant line we had taken all along, an appeal would seem anticli- mactic and even disillusioning.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela