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# letdown

«letdown» in Mova's school dictionary: **a disappointment, something that was not as good as you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a letdown, letdowns)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A letdown is a disappointment, something that was not as good as you hoped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/#m1)

2) (verb phrase) To let someone down is to disappoint them by not doing what you promised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday talk and stories: «The film was a letdown.» It tells the reader about disappointed hopes. Phrase: «What a letdown!»

### examples

- The ending of the film was a real letdown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/#x1)
- After all the waiting, the fireworks were a letdown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/#x2)
- It was a letdown when the trip was cancelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/#x3)
- Don't let your team down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/#x4)
- The new game was a letdown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/#x5)
- What a letdown — the pool was closed! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/#x6)

### note

Noun is one word: «a letdown» (also «let-down»); the verb is two words: «let down», «let someone down». Plural: letdowns.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «letdown» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.