how to pronounce disappoint

/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/

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disappoint is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of disappoint in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you didn't want to disappoint your son …”

meaning of disappoint

Disappointed means to feel sad or let down because of something that did not happen or was not as good as expected.

disappoint frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word disappoint occurs in english on average 7.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics disappoint can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that disappoint can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;