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let down
verb
- also preposition to lower
- to fail to fulfil the expectations of (a person); disappoint
- to undo, shorten, and resew (the hem) so as to lengthen (a dress, skirt, etc)
- to untie (long hair that is bound up) and allow to fall loose
- to deflate
to let down a tyre
noun
- a disappointment
- the gliding descent of an aircraft in preparation for landing
- the release of milk from the mammary glands following stimulation by the hormone oxytocin
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The 27-year-old says that sceptics questioning the increase in diagnoses should instead be asking: "how did all of these people spend so much of their life undiagnosed, unsupported and let down?"
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Mrs Sebastian told the inquest that the pain of her death was "too much to bear" and Elise was "badly let down by the system".
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They said they felt let down by Canada.
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She told the BBC people felt "let down" by Labour and the Conservatives and wanted to send them a message.
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Former clients of a Canadian tech entrepreneur say they were let down after they paid his company tens of thousands of dollars to help launch their start-ups.
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