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'enough of a deterrent' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to suggest that something might be powerful or effective enough to discourage a person from doing something. For example, "Higher taxes can be enough of a deterrent to discourage people from buying luxury items."
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"Cash fines are not enough of a deterrent.
"The billing is complicated, and for many physicians that's enough of a deterrent to not bother".
But many safety advocates and industry experts say they believe that tickets and fines aren't enough of a deterrent.
"It's been a tough road for me and that itself should be enough of a deterrent for these athletes.
It's not enough of a deterrent to fine somebody £60 who can earn £200 a day begging".
Todd Kuznitz, director of enforcement for the Sanitation Department, said the old law was not enough of a deterrent.
Similar(30)
That was not enough of an deterrent.
Not much of a deterrent.
That's not much of a deterrent.
Nor is prison much of a deterrent.
It has never been much of a deterrent.
More suggestions(17)
enough of a push
enough of a hindrance
enough of a crackdown
enough of a force
enough of a disincentive
enough of a foe
enough of a trial
enough of a concession
enough of a list
enough of a look
enough of a challenge
enough of a test
enough of a story
enough of a yoga
enough of a shootout
enough of a foreshadowing
enough of a beast
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