defeated 2

adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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disappointingly unsuccessful

  • 1.disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
  • 2.many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
  • 3.his best efforts were thwarted
  • 4.their foiled attempt to capture Calais

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