disincline
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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
Clearly to be the professed enemy of man did not altogether disincline you for his company!
From Harvest by Mrs. Humphry Ward
"I said that to disincline you to marry me."
From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
The will must incline to what it now disinclines, and disincline to what it now inclines.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd
But with a market valuation above $5 trillion and a healthy run up already in recent weeks, investors seem disinclined to chase Nvidia stock higher immediately.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
“I’m disinclined just to say women need to be trying harder,” said Chris Martin, senior economist for Glassdoor.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
So I’m disinclined to believe that we saw the two 2028 nominees unleashed last week in Munich.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
But a gay student, a trans student, even a mildly rebellious or slightly weird kid—anyone disinclined to be compliant—might have been unhappy there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
I felt disinclined actually to hand to him the piece of paper I was holding, and so put it down on the end of his bed.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
"Ay, my liege, save that he complained of a strange oppressiveness, disinclining him for all exertion."
From The Vale of Cedars by Grace Aguilar
People that are forever speaking kindly, are forever disinclining themselves to ill-temper.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley
The main seat of the imitative part of our nature is our belief, and the causes predisposing us to believe this, or disinclining us to believe that, are among the obscurest parts of our nature.
From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Walter Bagehot
People that are for ever speaking kindly, are for ever disinclining themselves to ill-temper.
From Friends and Neighbors by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
