demoralize
Example Sentences
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But he was dismayed by the abrupt layoffs in April that left FDA staff demoralized, he said, with some crying in the hallways.
The July cuts “demoralized” the office, according to an attorney whose position was spared in the cuts but has since left the agency.
From Barron's
The July cuts “demoralized” the office, according to an attorney whose position was spared in the cuts but has since left the agency.
From Barron's
It’s a tall task given the agency’s demoralized condition.
From MarketWatch
The diminishment of the Washington Post hits hard because it feels like another demoralizing thing in our national life.
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