disincentive
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"While this doesn't rise quite to the level of a complete prohibition, it's a very strong disincentive."
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
The key to "making work pay" was to remove the disincentive in the existing welfare system to take a job.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
In postwar America, the 40-hour week became the norm for millions of workers, with overtime pay acting as a disincentive for employers to require longer hours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 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
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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