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

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

My age and my convictions alike disincline me to set too much store on the emotion men call 'love,' which in my experience is illusory as the attractions provoking it are superficial.

From Shining Ferry by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

The evidence of them would naturally disincline the King for passing indulgently over proved violations of agreement.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)