demoralizing

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

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.

“How demoralizing to know that one man with power can undermine decades of progress in shedding light on childhood trauma.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told AP News that the damage from the hurricane seems worse than the combined damage of Hurricanes Idalia from last year and Debby from August: “It’s demoralizing,” he said.

The more pressing concern is whether the confidence of the linemen remains intact after such a demoralizing performance.