disheartening

“The idea that somebody would have their ballot rejected when they’re voting for the first time is also very disheartening. We want people to have a positive first-time voting experience.”

She said it was "completely disheartening" that "every other day there is a report of a young woman who has lost her life through violence".

Then Donald Trump, after running a virulently anti-transgender campaign, won the presidential election Tuesday — which felt “really frightening” and “disheartening,” Poznanski said.

Shopping online is just as disheartening, they lamented, because of bots programmed to hoover up products the instant they’re available.

Tenants at the Produce and other buildings said the situation has been especially disheartening because circumstances had improved during the receivership.