disincline
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Walrath rejected the argument that allowing an insider trading lawsuit would disincline creditors from negotiating Chapter 11 plans.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 14, 2011
“Service organizational cultures disincline the Pentagon to field capabilities for irregular warfare that compete with established warfighting programs,” Lamb said.
From Washington Post
Unhappily several motives combined to disincline her to it.
From The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Charles Duke Yonge
The will must incline to what it now disinclines, and disincline to what it now inclines.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd
Such a proceeding would, he was convinced, by no means disincline others in different circumstances to accept hereditary titles, nor indispose the ministry to confer them.
From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Charles Duke Yonge
There was a time when federal officials were disinclined to endorse the idea of offensive cyber operations, but that has been changing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But with a market valuation above $5 trillion and a healthy run up already in recent weeks, investors seem disinclined to chase Nvidia stock higher immediately.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
“I’m disinclined just to say women need to be trying harder,” said Chris Martin, senior economist for Glassdoor.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
So I’m disinclined to believe that we saw the two 2028 nominees unleashed last week in Munich.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
They worked in the kitchen under Alice, who preferred assistants who were disinclined to natter all day, to better hear her own voice.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
The main seat of the imitative part of our nature is our belief, and the causes predisposing us to believe this, or disinclining us to believe that, are among the obscurest parts of our nature.
From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Walter Bagehot
People that are forever speaking kindly, are forever disinclining themselves to ill-temper.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley
"Ay, my liege, save that he complained of a strange oppressiveness, disinclining him for all exertion."
From The Vale of Cedars by Grace Aguilar
People that are for ever speaking kindly, are for ever disinclining themselves to ill-temper.
From Friends and Neighbors by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
