disincline
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Walrath rejected the argument that allowing an insider trading lawsuit would disincline creditors from negotiating Chapter 11 plans.
From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 14, 2011
“Service organizational cultures disincline the Pentagon to field capabilities for irregular warfare that compete with established warfighting programs,” Lamb said.
From Washington Post
What the future reserves I disincline to prophesy.
From The Intelligence of Woman by Walter Lionel George
This affair did not let him sleep sometimes, still it did not disincline him from working at that which he had begun already.
From The Argonauts by Jeremiah Curtin
Possibly the country may be more eager then for the measure—or the War may disincline it altogether towards it.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Arthur Christopher Benson
But with a market valuation above $5 trillion and a healthy run up already in recent weeks, investors seem disinclined to chase Nvidia stock higher immediately.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
“I’m disinclined just to say women need to be trying harder,” said Chris Martin, senior economist for Glassdoor.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
So I’m disinclined to believe that we saw the two 2028 nominees unleashed last week in Munich.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
She’s eager for you to join her on the racecourse, though she’s disinclined to map the route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
I gravitated toward gentle Cleve Dobbins, a forty-something former military policeman, who was as disinclined toward suffering as I was.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
The main seat of the imitative part of our nature is our belief, and the causes predisposing us to believe this, or disinclining us to believe that, are among the obscurest parts of our nature.
From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Walter Bagehot
People that are for ever speaking kindly, are for ever disinclining themselves to ill-temper.
From Friends and Neighbors by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
People that are forever speaking kindly, are forever disinclining themselves to ill-temper.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley
"Ay, my liege, save that he complained of a strange oppressiveness, disinclining him for all exertion."
From The Vale of Cedars by Grace Aguilar
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