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# letdown

noun (a letdown, letdowns)

«letdown» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) A letdown is a disappointment, something that was not as good as you hoped. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «letdown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/letdown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«letdown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/letdown.html) on Mova free.