deterred
Americanadjective
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discouraged or restrained from acting or proceeding.
A visible thief is a deterred thief, so installing motion-sensing lights on your property helps to protect it.
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kept from happening; prevented or checked.
Assuming that those 79,000 deterred property crimes have an average cost of $1,900 each, that’s a savings of over $150 million.
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Deterred by the time and cost, she said she didn’t try again.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2021
Deterred by the smoke and the emotional toll of seeing their houses incinerated, they turned back, only to return three days later.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2020
Deterred from speaking to Oprah herself, Kelley also combed through 2,500-odd clips from Oprah's public pronouncements.
From Reuters • Apr. 23, 2010
Deterred by World War II, he waited until the 1947 Grand Prix to see the first victory with the Ferrari 125S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Deterred by his fate, no individual for a considerable period seemed willing to undertake the mission, though liberal offers of compensation had been made.
From Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa by Park, Mungo
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