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as in prohibited
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as in disheartened
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as in frustrated
to lessen the courage or confidence of
I didn't let losing discourage me from trying again
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as in dissuaded
to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action
the higher fines may help discourage drivers from speeding on the highway
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Recent Examples of discouraged
Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
However, self-defeating rules that alter the game’s brand should always be discouraged.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2024
Tom and others at the march said they are not discouraged that their number on Friday was small.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
For their safety and yours, cats and birds should always be discouraged from climbing or flying into your tree!
—Dr. Nick Goltz, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
Ironically, Tom Holland and Zendaya were initially discouraged from exploring their chemistry off-screen.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2024
The richest, Elon Musk, has discouraged Republican members of Congress from supporting a bipartisan budget deal, which collapsed on Thursday.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
As a worker, Snyder received no paychecks, retirement benefits or health insurance benefits and was discouraged from using banks.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
Some top schools have said that by publicizing early acceptance rates, which have recently been at or near record-lows, qualified students might be discouraged from applying during the regular decision admissions cycle.
—Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
However, he is discouraged from traveling by his new bride Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp).
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
However, self-defeating rules that alter the game’s brand should always be discouraged.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2024
Tom and others at the march said they are not discouraged that their number on Friday was small.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
For their safety and yours, cats and birds should always be discouraged from climbing or flying into your tree!
—Dr. Nick Goltz, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
Ironically, Tom Holland and Zendaya were initially discouraged from exploring their chemistry off-screen.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2024
The richest, Elon Musk, has discouraged Republican members of Congress from supporting a bipartisan budget deal, which collapsed on Thursday.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
As a worker, Snyder received no paychecks, retirement benefits or health insurance benefits and was discouraged from using banks.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
Some top schools have said that by publicizing early acceptance rates, which have recently been at or near record-lows, qualified students might be discouraged from applying during the regular decision admissions cycle.
—Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discouraged
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For example, Customs and Border Protection in the United States maintains a list of prohibited and restricted items for anyone entering the US and links to other departments if permits are required.Erica Kasper, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
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Travelers can visit the CBP website to learn more about prohibited and restricted items.Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2024
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Some officials were frustrated that Biden didn't launch the probe sooner, the Financial Times reported.Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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It doesn’t get frustrated or angry.Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Within the forbidden halls of Division Five, Suzie finds all the windows covered with plywood.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 10 July 2024
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Countless vampire stories make the allure of the vampire as some sort of forbidden fruit—tantalizing, but a bite will invariably lead to ruin.James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Investors also should not be too disappointed by some companies’ initial soft guidance for 2025, Harvey added.Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Well, maybe if Chalamet just acted like Bob Dylan all the time, Fanning wouldn’t have been so disappointed.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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This mainstreaming of Bitcoin in corporate finance will stabilize cryptocurrency markets, reducing the volatility that has historically deterred institutional investors.Sandy Carter, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The long-term effects of the reinstatement of standardized testing policies remain to be seen; students appear to be deterred from submitting applications to top schools as a result of standardized testing requirements.Christopher Rim, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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Cronin — who had to cancel some summer shows this year due to unspecified health issues — further acknowledges that there’s acrimony between he and Hall, and he’s been unhappy with some of the social media discourse blaming him for the end of the REO Speedwagon name.Gary Graff, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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The day after Luigi Mangione was indicted for murder, 200 top American CEOs came together, under heavily armed protection, in a bold statement of defiance of the populist fringes, not frightened away or intimidated for standing up for leadership and American character.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Ever since, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been too intimidated to try regulating this serious harm.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Starting with him all depressed, doing a team-up, switching sides, going through this whole emotional journey with his grandfather, and everything that that entails as well.Josh Weiss, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Half of Wisconsin high schoolers reported feeling anxious, a third depressed and a fifth self-harming, according to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 2021, Antigo, a town of about 8,000 and the county seat of Langlade County, is no different.Rebecca Loroff, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Discouraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discouraged. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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