encourage
verb (used with object)
to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence.
unencouraging
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a word derived from
encourage.
Example Sentences
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HP’s third-quarter report was unencouraging, with printer income down 5% over the year-earlier period.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
Another unencouraging sign comes from the jobless claims front, which has remained stuck in the mid-to-high 400,000s for months.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2010
It excites the captain's admiration to see how perfectly lady-like, how really gracious is her manner to the aspiring widower, and yet—how serenely unencouraging.
From Marion's Faith. by Charles King
He sat down directly behind her, and at last, politely unencouraging though she at first managed to remain, he succeeded in gaining some sort of conversational opening.
From Running Sands by Reginald Wright Kauffman
Old Lady Alanby gave him an unencouraging look.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
