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'may be discouraging' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when something is possibly discouraging or can discourage someone. For example: The long journey ahead of us may be discouraging.
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Alternatively, the complexity of reproductive physiology may be discouraging.
Frank Dobson, the health secretary, is worried that this shift may be discouraging some suitable applicants.
In a tight labor market, some deans said, companies may be discouraging workers from returning to school.
Because some women don't want to tamper with their hormones, you may be discouraging them from IUD use.
A new formula that characterizes the privacy afforded by large, aggregate data sets may be discouraging, but could help sharpen policy discussion.
But bureaucratic hassles imposed by the city may be discouraging hundreds of thousands of eligible New Yorkers from getting the help they need.
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Workers may be discouraged or their skills may decay.
Not every tourist may be discouraged by that prospect.
"Some people may be discouraged when they see this huge board package," Mr. Kovner said.
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