- present participle of demoralize.
demoralizing
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Challenges like adjusting to a new language or learning unfamiliar customs and eating different foods can prove exhausting and demoralizing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The demoralizing loss sent the Lakers into a three-game tail spin one month before the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
The findings about the bat bridges were demoralizing for Altringham, who during his career appeared at several public inquiries into the impact of road-building projects on bats.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
Inside the Justice Department, the resolution was demoralizing: “He’s admitted he owes money, and we get money, but everything else about it stinks to high heaven,” said a current DOJ official familiar with the case.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
Usually we broke down in the middle, and always had a demoralizing effect on the more talented children, and on their parents in the audience.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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