No. 13,770 in German
enttäuschend
Disappointing.
In a sentence
Der Film war enttäuschend, denn die Handlung war vorhersehbar.
The movie was disappointing because the plot was predictable.
Here, 'enttäuschend' describes the quality of the movie that didn't meet expectations.
Es ist enttäuschend, dass niemand zu meiner Party gekommen ist.
It is disappointing that nobody showed up to my party.
'Enttäuschend' expresses an emotional reaction to a situation that caused disappointment.
Die Testergebnisse sind zwar enttäuschend, aber wir dürfen nicht aufgeben.
The test results are disappointing, but we must not give up.
In this example, 'enttäuschend' qualifies the nature of the test results as below expectations.
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