disappointing
/dɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ
/adjective
Failing to fulfil someone’s hopes or expectations: the team made a disappointing start [with clause]: it was disappointing that there were relatively few possibilities...
- He said it was very disappointing that at some home games the travelling team had more support than Easkey.
- He said it was very disappointing that so many prisoners were reconvicted within two years.
- I always find it kind of disappointing that you stop seeing his stuff after a while.
Synonyms
saddening, disheartening, dispiriting, discouraging, upsetting, dismaying, depressing, distressing;
disenchanting, disillusioning, dissatisfying;
regrettable, unfortunate
unsatisfactory, inadequate, insufficient, unworthy, substandard, not good enough;
poor, inferior, deficient, second-rate, pathetic, lame, pitiful;
anticlimactic
informal below par, not up to scratch, not up to snuff, sorry, not all it's cracked up to be
British informal underwhelming, duff, ropy, rubbish