disincline
Example Sentences
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Walrath rejected the argument that allowing an insider trading lawsuit would disincline creditors from negotiating Chapter 11 plans.
From BusinessWeek • Sep. 14, 2011
“Service organizational cultures disincline the Pentagon to field capabilities for irregular warfare that compete with established warfighting programs,” Lamb said.
From Washington Post
The will must incline to what it now disinclines, and disincline to what it now inclines.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by Shedd, William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer)
Such a proceeding would, he was convinced, by no means disincline others in different circumstances to accept hereditary titles, nor indispose the ministry to confer them.
From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Yonge, Charles Duke
A man may love oysters, but too many oysters will disincline him toward that particular diet.
From Revolution, and Other Essays by London, Jack
