- present participle of discourage.
discouraging
Example Sentences
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It said additional charges risked undermining international competitiveness and discouraging domestic breaks, particularly for families and young people.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
To do so means overcoming obstacles that are cataloged with a discouraging ease: The apprenticeships, the unpaid hours, the creation of a style, the cultivating of clients, the marketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Lieu expressed concern that security perimeters would be so large during the Games that drop-off points would be even more distant, necessitating walks of up to half an hour, discouraging fans from taking buses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
That could undermine the vaccine’s financial viability, a de facto way of discouraging Moderna from continuing to market it.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Anxiously he clicked to the second frame, and what he saw was no less discouraging: a dirty bare foot.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
