demoralized

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The moves, ostensibly to reduce corruption in the military’s ranks, leave the top tier of Xi’s armed services, which haven’t engaged in combat for nearly half a century, decimated and demoralized.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

It’s a tall task given the agency’s demoralized condition.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026

Across Palestine, teachers described their profession as deeply demoralized and in crisis.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026

For now, though, in the face of a crisis that continues to escalate, and absent the rhetorical firepower they are craving, many Washingtonians are feeling frustrated — and demoralized.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025

Aztec survivors were demoralized by the mysterious illness that killed Indians and spared Spaniards, as if advertising the Spaniards’ invincibility.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond