dispiriting
Example Sentences
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It will be a deeply dispiriting result for Italy, for whom a single try was a poor return for the level of pressure they put on Ireland.
From BBC
One report offered little hope for unemployed workers mired in long, dispiriting job searches.
Now, nearly four years on, this dispiriting loss - after a timid and uninspiring performance from his side in the last-four tie - will cut just as deep for Salah.
From BBC
It was a vibrant and dispiriting time, and Elie’s history is a sharp cross-cultural study that speaks to the present as well.
From Los Angeles Times
Few sights could be more dispiriting to the rest of English soccer than Liverpool cruising to a championship last spring and immediately adding half a billion dollars’ worth of talent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
