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

A man may love oysters, but too many oysters will disincline him toward that particular diet. 

From Revolution, and Other Essays by London, Jack

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)

At the same time he denounced the authors, so as to disincline the reader to look into their pages for the D'Israelian plagiaries.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob