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Not winning the competition was disappointing to us.

The above sentence is correct, but it kept me wondering if we can use 'for' instead of 'to'.

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    Yes you can. They have the same meaning.
    – Aric
    Aug 17, 2017 at 14:10

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I think : "Not winning the competition was disappointing FOR us." BUT "losing the competition was disappointing FOR/TO us."

I have no idea why, but the latter could work both ways, the former only the one way.

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