discourage
verb (used with object)
to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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Even if the bill fails in Congress, it will have discouraged imaginative initiatives.
From Time Magazine Archive
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