disappointingness

Updated: May 29, 2025

But with the total depravity of inanimate things and with the invariable disappointingness of a newspaper, the columns offered no other information than a mere announcement of the coming event. "Hunting for details of your wild-goose chase?" asked Embury, as he paused on the way to his own chair to lean over Aunt Abby's shoulder. "Yes, and there's almost nothing! Why do you take this paper?"

Carolyn Wells - Raspberry Jam