How to Use disincentive in a Sentence

disincentive

noun

• The complicated application process was a disincentive to volunteering our time.
• We considered volunteering, but the complicated application process was a disincentive.
• That ensures the underwriting banks have skin in the game and gives them a disincentive to price sales too high.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• The engagement ring, in fact, could be seen as a disincentive to marry.
  — Time, 28 June 2023
• The 30% levy hits top earners who take their assets out of France, which as Mr. Macron rightly says is a disincentive to invest in France in the first place.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 May 2018
• The company would also build a railroad along the wall as a further disincentive to try to cross it.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2017
• Another consideration: the lower the rate, the greater the disincentive there is for the bank to loan out money in the first place.
  — Erik Sherman, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2019
• But the new rules would be a disincentive to responsible people who would like to keep bees.
  — Kevin Riordan, Philly.com, 4 Feb. 2018
• Tough driving disincentives and bold transit options are nowhere in all the Ford Site planning to date.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 21 Nov. 2019
• By contrast, new VPSOs must leave their hometowns for a block of training that lasts two months or more, a strong disincentive.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2019
• What may well have been a sincere desire to help people in a time of need translated into a disincentive to go back to work.
  — Nihal Krishan, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2020
• That means people who would like to buy a home in an expensive market may encounter a tax disincentive to do so.
  — Sarah Skidmore Sell and Ken Sweet, Houston Chronicle, 23 Dec. 2017
• Its basic premise is that traffic can be reduced by charging a fee or toll at peak hours that would serve as a disincentive to drivers.
  — Winnie Hu and Vivian Wang, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
• Pallets have a special disincentive for most kinds of recycling because they’re made of both hard and soft wood.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2021
• Pallets have a special disincentive for most kinds of recycling because they're made of both hard and soft wood.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2021
• Byrne said the Bureau's mishandling of a tip could even be a disincentive for potential tipsters in the future.
  — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• The European Union’s proposed refugee deal with Turkey is a blunt attempt to create a disincentive for refugees to pay smugglers to reach Greece.
  — Jim Yardley, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2016
• Economists have long said the rule acted as a disincentive for women to rejoin the workforce full time because they would be taxed more.
  — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
• Those organs can be life-saving for the right patient but too often transplant centers won’t take the chance, a disincentive for OPOs to collect them.
  — Lauran Neergaard, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2019
• That’s a serious disincentive, Cross says, when the Apple speaker costs $200 more than than most smart speakers.
  — Mark Gurman, Houston Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
• Yet even when people are in the grips of a delusion, their behavior can sometimes be shaped with incentives and disincentives.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Drivers’ earnings are deducted through the app to help pay for the lease, which also gives them a disincentive to drive for rival Lyft Inc. or small competitors.
  — Greg Bensinger, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2017
• Nonetheless, at least some owners say the tax is a strong disincentive to overspending.
  — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2019
• President Joe Biden has said the extra benefits do not act as a disincentive for people to return to work.
  — Devan Cole, CNN, 9 May 2021
• Becoming ensnared in the laws of multiple states is a huge disincentive for a bank to partner with a firm to offer new lending products.
  — John Berlau, National Review, 9 June 2021
• High marginal tax rates can be a disincentive to saving.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 20 May 2017
• That contributes to high costs for homes and rentals that have priced some Anchorage residents out of the market, and creates a disincentive for workers that might move here.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
• There's a disincentive to applying too early: Renewals are good for two years from the day they're issued, not two years added on to the original period.
  — Joseph Tanfani, latimes.com, 11 May 2018
• Then, its system deletes all the tax data the consumers have entered, requiring them to start their tax return from scratch, creating a big disincentive to downgrading.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
• In recent years, governments have attempted to address climate change and the causes contributing to it through myriad tax incentives and disincentives.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024