discouraging

Example Sentences

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Companies including Lyft, DaVita and GitLab are navigating the challenge of AI agent proliferation—hoping to tamp down on the problem without discouraging AI use, they told The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

It’s remarkable — and discouraging — how many people are disengaged from their own financial lives.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Shares tumbled in late March after some discouraging data.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Her social media feed was "flooded" with content discouraging her from getting hormonal contraception.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

He always spoke quickly, pugnaciously, as though every conversation was an argument, the speed and force of his words suggesting authority and discouraging dissent.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie