Sentence examples for is discouraging from inspiring English sources

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is impeding

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is encouraging

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is disheartening

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is discouraging

verb

To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.

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Population loss is discouraging.

The New York Times

Minow: That is discouraging.

Stanford University

"But it is discouraging.

The New York Times

The bottom line is discouraging.

The New York Times

It is discouraging either way.

The New Yorker

This kind of thing is discouraging.

The New Yorker

Sony is discouraging nonessential travel to China.

The New York Times

But their track record is discouraging.

Harvard Business Review

Sayce says this "unfortunate response" is discouraging.

The Guardian

He is discouraging tough questioning of intelligence.

The Washington Post

But Mr. Bush's record is discouraging.

The New York Times

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is disrupting

is daunting

is obstructing

is forestalling

is hindering

is avoiding

is restricting

is grim

is dismal

is disheartened

is disappointing

is discouraged

is distressing

seem discouraging

pretty discouraging

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