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
To pursue the subject might disincline you ever to take leave of the world of the unborn, whereas I am desirous of making your acquaintance as soon as possible.
From Diversions in Sicily by Jones, Henry Festing
He flicked his horse pensively with the whip, and my disbelief seemed to disincline him for further conversation.
From The Untilled Field by Moore, George (George Augustus)
The will must incline to what it now disinclines, and disincline to what it now inclines.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by Shedd, William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer)
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