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discouragement

[dih-skur-ij-muhnt, -skuhr-] / dɪˈskɜr ɪdʒ mənt, -ˈskʌr- /




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That mix of discouragement and discontent surfaced repeatedly, like a dull ache, in conversations with dozens of voters across the San Gabriel Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

While ChatGPT occasionally offered discouragement, only the chatbots from Snap and Anthropic reliably refused these requests, according to the researchers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Takes landing on the “not-so-good” side of the plate are accompanied by his passionate discouragement from leaving bad reviews based on his evaluations.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023

It's this "sense of discouragement among Lao youth… that needs urgent attention," says Catherine Phuong, the deputy resident representative at the UN Development Programme in Laos.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2023

You have probably read of the disorganization and discouragement of this army after General Pope’s defeat at Bull Run.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

If the United Nations were useful for nothing else, it would be imperative to keep it alive … We can have no illusions about the discouragements which lie ahead.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2023

Now his experimentalism and transnationalism aren’t discouragements but invitations to a larger global audience.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

A player who understands the disappointments and discouragements that not just Capitals fans, but a generation of Washington fans carry deep in their hearts.

From Washington Times ● May 6, 2018

This comes on top of other discouragements to growth.

From Economist ● Mar. 1, 2018

There are numberless discouragements to be encountered every where in the West, calculated to weaken the hands and depress the spirits of the ministers of religion.

From Gleanings by the Way by John A. Clark


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