demoralized

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But when he and his coaching staff took over the U.S. team in the fall of 2024, following its disastrous performance in the Copa América, he said he inherited a demoralized, dispirited group.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Now, after that latest detention, Garcia Venegas sounds demoralized.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Churchill wrote “My Early Life” for a generation demoralized by World War I and determined to break with its past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

For this reason, according to the researchers, investors who are fans of a losing team will be more demoralized than the winning team’s fans will be exuberant.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

That evening, feeling demoralized and a bit angry, I had a conversation with Benjamin Pogrund of the Rand Daily Mail in which I suggested that the days of nonviolent struggle were over.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela