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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

“It was disillusioning when it didn’t work out.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2018

Watching the hearings was disillusioning: the same questions asked over and over, a clear lack of understanding of the engineering issues.

From Forbes • Feb. 26, 2010

His description of his attempts to spy on Mr. McGrady was disillusioning to laymen reared on dime novels and the movie detective school of dictaphones and "Follow that cab!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Their appearance at all events was disillusioning enough.

From His Hour by Glyn, Elinor