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    4. Be unsuitable, be unfit, be unsuited.

Disagreeable, a. Unpleasant, unpleasing, displeasing, distasteful, offensive.

Disagreement, n.

    1. Difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness, dissimilitude, diversity, discrepancy, divergence, deviation.
    2. Dissent, difference of opinion.
    3. Discord, variance, misunderstanding, dissension, jarring, clashing, strite, quarrel, dispute, wrangle, bickering.

Disallow, v. a.

    1. Prohibit, forbid, refuse permission to.
    2. Reject, disapprove, set aside, refuse or decline to sanction.
    3. Disavow, disclaim, disown, deny.

Disannul, v. a. Nullify, cancel, rescind, quash, vacate, annul, abolish, abrogate, void, invalidate, render void, set aside, do away.

Disappear, v. n.

    1. Vanish, recede from view, be lost to view, pass out of sight.
    2. Cease, cease to appear.

Disappoint, v. a. Balk, frustrate, foil, defeat, baffle, disconcert, bring to nought, foil of one’s expectations.

Disappointment, n.

    1. Frustration, foiling, baffling, unfulfilment.
    2. Frustration of hopes, sense of frustration, feeling of thwarted expectation.

Disapprobation, n. Disapproval, censure, condemnation, displeasure, dislike.

Disapproval, n. Disapprobation, censure, condemnation, non-approval.

Disapprove, v. a.

    1. Condemn, censure, dislike, regard as wrong.