disincline

Example Sentences

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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

The evidence of them would naturally disincline the King for passing indulgently over proved violations of agreement.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

This affair did not let him sleep sometimes, still it did not disincline him from working at that which he had begun already.

From The Argonauts by Curtin, Jeremiah

Now, as it was certainly my duty, however painful, to procure assistance for poor Juliet, it would have been imprudent to pry into the reasons which might disincline me to the task.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary