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Sentence count:195+9Posted:2016-07-21Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: dauntdejectdeterdisapprovehinderkeep frompreventAntonym: encourageSimilar words: discourageddiscountdiscourseencouragecourageousencouragingdiscdiscussMeaning: [dɪ'skʌrɪdʒ]  v. 1. try to prevent; show opposition to 2. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged 3. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior. 
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151. It is more likely that hearing a book on audiocassette would discourage that student from ever reading that particular book on his or her own.
152. He would discourage in both the householders and the celibate youths any lukewarmness in their spiritual struggles.
153. Tariff barrier is one of the means to discourage free trade in the world.
154. Prevention of Lassa fever in the community centers on promoting good "community hygiene" to discourage rodents from entering homes.
155. Nepal's government said Monday it would provide 100000 rupees (about $1270) to inter-caste couples when they marry to discourage discrimination against those with lower status, AFP reported.
156. A suicide pill is a term for any high-risk poison pill strategy that may discourage a potential acquirer but also place the takeover target under severe financial pressure.
157. For example, the leaves of the holly plant have sharp spines that discourage grass-eating animals.
158. Bewildering indeed. Conspiracy theories have emerged faster than mushrooms in a damp Exmoor field. Some claim the shooting was a fiction, dreamed up to discourage trophy-hunters.
159. We tried to discourage him from climbing the mountain without a guide.
160. Please discourage the more vocal participants from dominating the meeting.
161. Your best laid strategies can (and will) crumble to dust.The trick is to not let that discourage you or impede your progress.
162. Will this endorsement encourage or discourage the takeup of Agile practices in businesses today?
163. The LCBO uses a system of "floor pricing", or minimum selling prices, using price control as part of its social responsibility mandate to discourage excessive alcohol consumption.
164. This foundation supports pro-choice family planning causes and works to discourage nuclear proliferation.
165. st's team grew the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana with the genes for trichomes (leaf hairs that discourage herbivores) and glucosinolate (a chemical toxic to certain pests) disabled.
166. Shanghai introduced a capital gains tax of 5.55 per cent on homes being sold within a year of their purchase. This measure was taken to discourage speculative investment.
167. In some cultures it is not prudery that leads them to discourage men from looking at pornography.
168. The prisoners - of - war were locked in their huts at nights to discourage further attempts at escape.
169. Perhaps also it was an attempt to discourage the youth of today from Lu Xun's inconveniently fault-finding habits.http://Sentencedict.com
170. Banks should discourage indication of the expiry date of the credit in this manner.
171. Rapid inflation and a failure to discourage consumer spending contributed to widespread dissaving and threatened the national economy.
172. He used it to discourage any undue sense of danger.
173. Effective work-life benefits encourage employees to work harder and discourage them from quitting their jobs, according to research by the Corporate Executive Board.
174. This helps to discourage members from abandoning the religion while still enabling them to proselytize.
175. The state does limit handgun purchases to one per month to discourage bulk buying and resale, state officials said.
176. The scales also discourage barnacles and algae from glomming on – an inspiration for synthetic coatings that may soon be applied to Navy ship hulls to reduce such biofouling.
177. The survey results underscore the pervasiveness of academic dishonesty even as schools employ more sophisticated means to catch cheaters and take a tougher stance to discourage unethical behavior.
178. A governments bote man government spokesman says government is trying to discourage informal schools.
179. EXAMPLE: Rapid inflation and a failure to discourage consumer spending contributed to widespread dissaving and threatened the national economy.
180. He's supremely confident, though, of South Korea's ability to discourage any designs the North might have of risking another shooting war.
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