disincentive

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But they also found that people who received $1,000 put in fewer hours on the job than people who received $50, suggesting that the higher payments provided a disincentive to work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

"Clearly, the rush hour trains are already packed. And if you remove the disincentive to travel, it would mean more would want to travel on those trains," said Bruce Williamson from campaign group Railfuture.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

“But all of these things collectively might provide a disincentive to bad actors to once again try to undermine legitimate elections and target our public servants.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

These factors create a massive financial disincentive to actually solve our planetary crisis.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 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