as in to discourage
to lessen the courage or confidence of
dispirited by the overwhelming amount of information needed to write the report
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Instead, the Kentucky quarterback languished in the green room through 31 picks, looking increasingly dispirited as Thursday night wore on.
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
Progress on this front is halting, however, as reflected by dispiriting socioeconomic realities in Greenland — not least a severely high suicide rate among young men in the country.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2023
Some may find that notion dispiriting.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 2 Apr. 2023
This commodification of womanhood is dispiriting, albeit unsurprising.
—Coralie Kraft, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
Progress on this front is halting, however, as reflected by dispiriting socioeconomic realities in Greenland — not least a severely high suicide rate among young men in the country.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2023
Some may find that notion dispiriting.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 2 Apr. 2023
This commodification of womanhood is dispiriting, albeit unsurprising.
—Coralie Kraft, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
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