put off

Example Sentences

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Like many chefs, he bemoans National Insurance rises and increasing business rates, but also more local problems like limited car parking and unclean streets, which put off diners.

From BBC

SpaceX has put off a mission to Mars planned for this year, shifting its focus to a long-promised lunar voyage for NASA.

From The Wall Street Journal

He says the market for the flats has collapsed, in part because future buyers are put off by the scale of the standing charges.

From BBC

Not being put off by the setback, she stayed at the venue and ended up being filmed, taking her chance to urge the singer to call her.

From BBC

Jacquet had been linked with a transfer to Chelsea earlier this month but was reportedly put off the move by the competition for places at centre-back in the Blues' bloated squad.

From Barron's