Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Disappointing and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disappointing" instead an adjective "Bad".
Disappointing
Disappointing adjective - Not up to expectations.
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Synonyms for Disappointing
Bad and disappointing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Disappointing".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unpleasant and bad
- unpleasant and disappointing
- disagreeable and bad
- disagreeable and disappointing
- displeasing and bad
- displeasing and disappointing
- inferior and bad
- inferior and disappointing
- imperfect and bad
- imperfect and disappointing
- poor and bad
- poor and disappointing
- unfortunate and bad
- unfortunate and disappointing
Both words in one sentence
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Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Hector is so terrified of disappointing his elderly mother, all these years he's been pretending to be an oral surgeon as opposed to an international arch-criminal.
- The film still carries a reputation as a disappointing end to a great trilogy which made the bad guys into idiots, but the average Star Wars fan typically considers it to be a great film that happens to follow two even greater ones.
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In Unsounded, Jivi has a bad dream where his mother, apparently a ship captain, tells him the most disappointing thing about the world is that there's nobody left who's brave enough to stand up to the evils of the world and tell them that ain't the way it should be.
Source: Meaningful Echo
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