discouraging

Example Sentences

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Finding out your coworker earns more than you can be discouraging and may make you question your own worth.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

“It’s remarkable — and discouraging — how many people are disengaged from their own financial lives.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Shares tumbled in late March after some discouraging data.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

That stability helped strengthen trust in the local currency, with the percentage of dollar-denominated loans and deposits falling under Velarde, an outcome also driven by central-bank policies discouraging savings in dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

If you’re trying to get Audubon’s pages back, and stupid Marysville is selling them off faster than you can find them, it gets sort of discouraging.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt