discourages

Example Sentences

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However, colonoscopies -- the primary screening method used today -- can be costly and uncomfortable, which discourages many people from getting tested on time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

"They will talk about her choices, her morality, her dress code," she says, explaining that this increases the harm caused to women and discourages victims from coming forward.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

They highlight that restrictive zoning is largely to blame for underproduction relative to job growth and concur that rent control is counterproductive as it discourages the addition of supply, even with strong demand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

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 • Mar. 18, 2026

Any system that constricts teachers—holds them to small-bore metrics, punishes them for forces outside their control, discourages their creativity and spontaneity, chips away at their humanity—is a bad system.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove