discourage
Example Sentences
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Elevated inflation is expected to discourage the Fed from cutting interest rates anytime soon.
From MarketWatch
The EU's McGrath said the new regime would help companies avoid navigating 27 legal systems, which "slows growth, increases costs and often discourages companies from scaling up across Europe".
From Barron's
This situation is very troubling as it discourages many women from participating in politics, particularly as candidates,'' Beauty Katebe, who chairs the board of the Non-Governmental Gender Organisations Coordinating Council, told the BBC.
From BBC
“Short-term-oriented capital markets have discouraged companies with a longer term view from going public at all, depriving the economy of innovation and opportunity.”
From Barron's
“They put pressure on people to make them discouraged and hopeless,” he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
