letdown

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Don't be sad by the letdown you will get from donation though, it is always way lower than expected.

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Alternative form of let-down. [(countable) A disappointment or anticlimax.]

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noun

Alternative form of let-down. [(countable) A disappointment or anticlimax.]

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noun

Alternative form of let-down. [(countable) A disappointment or anticlimax.]

Example sentences

Don't be sad by the letdown you will get from donation though, it is always way lower than expected.

And at least in SimpleDB there is no doubt not being able to query across 'tables' can be a big letdown.

It may cause a feeling of letdown once you get in the door and see what you will actually be doing.

For me it was the cliff hanger between 2 and 3 and the anticipation for several months followed by a huge letdown.

Instead the letdown tainted my experience there from day one and I never really got on track and left soon after.

It is often a big letdown to precocious students when others who are talented but not so precocious catch up, and they become one among many.

I think it's hard for people who came late to the Atari 2600 to understand the hate, but for those whose introduction to the 2600 was games like Adventure and Missle Command, it was very much a letdown.

Quote examples

The complete absence of anything warranting the letters "communism" in the title was a huge letdown.

The whole "Let's pick a random planet to fly to" sounds awesome, but then it's a big letdown when it looks remarkably similar to the ones in the other videos.

Space was a big letdown in that period; if you're watching it today, SpaceX is the biggest thing since Apollo, and likely more consequential (well, Apollo helped us win the Cold War, but really getting out into space will be "bigger").