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

The derangement in the blood results in digestive disturbances and loss of appetite, followed by headache and lassitude which further disincline the girl for activity.

From The Social Emergency Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals by Foster, William Trufant

Clearly to be the professed enemy of man did not altogether disincline you for his company!

From Harvest by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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 Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir