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单词 disappointable
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disappointableadj.

Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntəbl/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪn(t)əb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: disappoint v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < disappoint v. + -able suffix.
rare before 20th cent.
That may be disappointed (in various senses of disappoint v.); esp. liable to be frustrated or thwarted with regard to an expectation, intention, desire, etc.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Destituable, destituable, disappointable.
1680 R. Bolron Narr. Ded. 3 All the Projects of Your Adversaries, though seemingly not disappointable by human art, are but weak and impotent things, and subject to a demolition by the least breath of his Mouth.
1908 Cambrian Feb. 52/2 A man of faith..is not easily disappointable.
1985 Colorado Springs Gaz. Tel. 13 Nov. f4/5 Idealists..are very disappointable people—disappointed in themselves for failing their own high expectations and in others.
2006 Symplokē 14 50 Bloch therefore arrives at the following conclusion: Hope must be disappointable ‘or else it would not be hope’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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