put off

Mostly the serif aficionados are put off by the ubiquity of their favorite retro font.

Industry experts at the time said the image put off potential Oscar voters and upset Black activists who claimed he was perpetuating demeaning racial stereotypes.

Pasquinelli asked, referring to the fact that everyone is encouraged to get a regular colonoscopy at 45 but can put off future screenings for five years if nothing concerning shows up.

A curry house has banned customers from wearing hoodies and tracksuits on Fridays and Saturdays in case they "put off" other diners.

He’s put off by Ginsberg’s aggressiveness, though the aging beatnik softens somewhat when he realizes Hujar isn’t an emissary of the enemy so much as a photographer picking up work where he can get it.