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disincentive

[dis-in-sen-tiv] / ˌdɪs ɪnˈsɛn tɪv /






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But they also found that people who received $1,000 put in fewer hours on the job than people who received $50, suggesting that the higher payments provided a disincentive to work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

As contracts begin to wind down, the NAO said there is a disincentive for the private companies to spend money before they hand over responsibility for maintaining the buildings to public bodies.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

“We’re trying to take something that they view as kind of a thorn in their side and use it as a disincentive for the kind of behavior we’re seeing,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

These factors create a massive financial disincentive to actually solve our planetary crisis.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

The intended restricted uses of early writing provided a positive disincentive for devising less ambiguous writing systems.

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




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