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Disincentivized
verb
Past of disincentivize
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"I think that they are disincentivized by, in effect, if you don't have to pay for your health care, that's another thing you don't have to worry about," he added.
While it's important that the overprescription of these drugs is being disincentivized, we're seeing evidence that their underuse with low hemoglobins may also have real consequences for potential transplant candidates.
However, if a pilot begins experiencing mental health issues, they may be disincentivized to seek treatment because of how it could affect their medical certification.
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I wonder if there's any correlation between while they were moving ahead, the rest of the government was subsidizing more and more people and disincentivizing them.
If even half that number shows up tomorrow, it will be unprecedented for a regime that has become expert in disenfranchising, disincentivizing, and marginalizing anyone who disagrees with it — all without spilling much blood at home or jailing more than the occasional example victim.
And while certain taxes disincentivize, to some degree, things we like (such as work or investment), the gas tax, by raising the cost of driving, gets us less of things we don't like (pollution, carbon emissions, and road wear).
"I thought Congress had the right idea when they put a 10 percent tax on tanning beds because they recognized the danger and they were trying to disincentivize people," he said.
But this would address just half the problem because taxing to disincentivize risky behavior does nothing to incentivize what is needed from the banks to bring about a robust recovery -- namely, more lending to consumers and businesses.
As I've said elsewhere, we are planning to add collapsing of threads, which should help disincentivize replies to the first post.
The logic is straight out of the conservative playbook: cut taxes on what you want more of – income – and disincentivize what you want less of – greenhouse gasses.
"The European Parliament's proposals will disincentivize car manufacturers from advertising, have a damaging effect on the media that rely on advertising for their revenues and will not in our view have much effect on consumer attitudes," said Peta Buscombe, chief executive of the Advertising Association in Britain.
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