demoralize

"If you're constantly guessing which boss will turn up -- the good cop or the bad cop -- then you wind up emotionally exhausted, demoralized, and unable to work to your full potential," Dr. Xu explains.

"It's very demoralizing going to the GP every single day," she said.

I snuck out demoralized at 11 p.m. and woke to find the worst had happened.

Both sent top aides to inform the demoralized audience that the candidate would not speak.

But he has never spoken in such pointed terms about demoralizing federal workers to the point that they don’t want to do their jobs.