Sentence examples similar to a discouraging environment from inspiring English sources

Research shows evidence for price discrimination, limited clothing choices, and an overall discouraging shopping environment for people who fall outside of standardized mass-market apparel sizes (Chowdhary and Beale 1988; Christel 2014; Colls 2004; Colls and Evans 2014; Kwon and Parham 1994; Peters 2014).

It was a discouraging setback.

It was a discouraging time.

It was a discouraging moment.

But it was a discouraging start.

Their stories present a discouraging picture.

And again, there is a discouraging precedent.

Put it all together, and it's a discouraging picture.

Broadly, though, this study paints a discouraging picture.

It's a discouraging thought for anyone past adolescence.

Nary is heard a discouraging word about anyone, anywhere.