disappointing
残念な
解説 Definition
期待していたことより悪い結果や状態。予想を下回る様子を表します。
If something is disappointing, it makes you feel sad or unsatisfied because it is not as good as you hoped or expected. It is commonly used for results, events, performances, or experiences. The word describes the thing that causes the feeling, not the person who feels it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
disappointing は disappoint の形容詞で、「がっかりさせる側」を表す -ing に注目すると覚えやすいです。人の気持ちは disappointed、結果・映画・試合など原因になるものは disappointing。まず disappoint を「期待どおりにいかず失望させる」と押さえ、a disappointing result / performance / ending のような定番表現でまとめて覚えると定着します。単なる bad よりも「期待していたのに外れた」というニュアンスが強い語です。
Start from `disappoint`, then notice the `-ing` ending. Like `confusing`, `disappointing` describes the thing that causes the feeling, such as a result, game, or movie. Compare it with `disappointed`, which describes the person who feels that way.
例文
The movie was disappointing compared to the book.
その映画は本と比べて期待外れでした。
His disappointing performance did not meet the team's expectations.
彼の期待外れのパフォーマンスはチームの期待に応えませんでした。
The results of the experiment were disappointing.
その実験の結果は期待外れでした。
disappointing の類義語・関連語
disappointing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 appointare（整える）に否定の接頭辞 dis- が付き「期待を裏切る」意の disappoint から派生。appoint（任命する）と同根で、本来「準備・手配された状態を取り消す」が原義。関連語: appointment, disappoint。期待が「解除される」から「残念な」へ。
Disappointing comes from disappoint plus the adjective ending -ing. Disappoint developed from a word meaning "to remove an appointment or arrangement," with dis- giving the idea of undoing. From the sense of cancelling what had been prepared or expected, it came to mean failing to meet hopes. Related words include appoint and appointment.
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