disincline
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Walrath rejected the argument that allowing an insider trading lawsuit would disincline creditors from negotiating Chapter 11 plans.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 14, 2011
“Service organizational cultures disincline the Pentagon to field capabilities for irregular warfare that compete with established warfighting programs,” Lamb said.
From Washington Post
My age and my convictions alike disincline me to set too much store on the emotion men call 'love,' which in my experience is illusory as the attractions provoking it are superficial.
From Shining Ferry by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
A man may love oysters, but too many oysters will disincline him toward that particular diet.
From Revolution, and Other Essays by Jack London
That dissimilitude of appearance, which was supposed to keep them distinct from the rest of the nation, might disincline them from coalescing with the Pensylvanians, or people of Connecticut.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson
There was a time when federal officials were disinclined to endorse the idea of offensive cyber operations, but that has been changing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I’m disinclined just to say women need to be trying harder,” said Chris Martin, senior economist for Glassdoor.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
Still, taking that on faith is something investors appear disinclined to do.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
So I’m disinclined to believe that we saw the two 2028 nominees unleashed last week in Munich.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
Raw and emotional, disinclined toward introspection, he had the kind of gregarious, magnetic personality that instantly won him friends for life; hundreds of individuals—including some he’d met just once or twice—considered him a bosom buddy.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
People that are forever speaking kindly, are forever disinclining themselves to ill-temper.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley
"Ay, my liege, save that he complained of a strange oppressiveness, disinclining him for all exertion."
From The Vale of Cedars by Grace Aguilar
The main seat of the imitative part of our nature is our belief, and the causes predisposing us to believe this, or disinclining us to believe that, are among the obscurest parts of our nature.
From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Walter Bagehot
People that are for ever speaking kindly, are for ever disinclining themselves to ill-temper.
From Friends and Neighbors by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
