disincentive

Example Sentences

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For many artists, this is another disincentive to recording a protest song.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

"That would hit us and would be a massive disincentive to save."

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024

“But all of these things collectively might provide a disincentive to bad actors to once again try to undermine legitimate elections and target our public servants.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

These factors create a massive financial disincentive to actually solve our planetary crisis.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

The intended restricted uses of early writing provided a positive disincentive for devising less ambiguous writing systems.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond