dispiriting

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Thomas Frank faced fresh calls for his dismissal from angry Tottenham fans after a dispiriting 2-2 draw at Premier League strugglers Burnley on Saturday as Bournemouth ended Liverpool's long unbeaten run.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

It was a vibrant and dispiriting time, and Elie’s history is a sharp cross-cultural study that speaks to the present as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Few sights could be more dispiriting to the rest of English soccer than Liverpool cruising to a championship last spring and immediately adding half a billion dollars’ worth of talent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

She has never believed in fate; it would’ve been dispiriting to accept that her life so far unfolded as it did according to some preordained pattern.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

But at once came the dispiriting realization that even if somebody looked into the compartment, he would be neither seen nor heard.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling