discourage
Example Sentences
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In normal conditions, such as a glass of water, water molecules rarely break apart on their own because the process is discouraged by both energy and entropy.
From Science Daily
A protracted debt crisis in China's vast real-estate sector has discouraged would-be homebuyers from investing in property -- long a key store of wealth.
From Barron's
Regulations generally discourage private companies from taking on more than 2,000 shareholders of record.
However, CCS technology is not without critics, who warn it might discourage efforts to cut CO2 emissions.
From BBC
While currency depreciation and tariffs both discourage imports, a lower currency also boosts exports, without the uncertainty and distortions that tariffs entail.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
