Usage Note
Decepcionante is a present-participle adjective meaning disappointing or let-down. It is invariable for gender (el resultado decepcionante, la actuación decepcionante) and differs from decepcionado (disappointed), which describes the person who feels disappointment rather than the thing causing it.
Examples
"El resultado del partido fue decepcionante."
Natural Translation
The match result was disappointing.
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