discouraging
- present participle of discourage.
Example Sentences
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The discovery may be discouraging for agencies that have spent decades trying to contain Guam's brown tree snake population.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
She added that while a third bridge is not Reform policy, she believed it would make sense, warning that long traffic delays were discouraging visitors to the island.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Widening losses can be discouraging, but for early-stage quantum companies, the numbers only tell part of the story.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
“It’s remarkable — and discouraging — how many people are disengaged from their own financial lives.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
This was afore I’d learnt that bugs have ways of discouraging you from touching ’em.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
