Synonym: circumvent, confuse, defer, disconcert, dishearten, dodge, duck, elude, evade, flurry, fudge, hedge, hold over, parry, postpone, prorogue, put over, remit, set back, shelve, sidestep, skirt, table, turn off. Similar words: put out, put on, out of, cut off, get out of, run out of, come out of, keep out of. Meaning: v. 1. hold back to a later time 2. cause to feel intense dislike or distaste 3. take away the enthusiasm of 4. cause to feel embarrassment 5. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
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(91) Other women would gladly put off becoming a grandmother, because it makes them feel old.
(92) Will foreign investors be put off and jobs be lost if we stay out?
(93) He said that often important maintenance problems are put off until they create urgent problems.
(94) Others are put off by the stark social and economic differences between the two communities.
(95) It was put off at Newtown and delivered by road.
(96) The timetable for broader and deeper unification has been put off once more.
(97) Commissioners decided to put off voting on the proposal until next month.
(98) A lot of colleagues were put off by her left-wing opinions.
(99) On two or three afternoons of the first week winds may be a little daunting; don't be put off.
(100) Don't be put off by the cover but do read! - this is a book for all of us.
(101) However, they were put off by his rambling and disorganised sermon.
(102) Claims that people would be put off travelling to the town centre because of lack of parking were dismissed.
(103) There is no need to be put off by the name(sentencedict.com), for in fact database systems are simply computerised filing cabinets.
(104) But he has been right in saying that urgent measures have been put off for too long.
(105) All too often, making a will is put off until it's too late.
(106) This could be because fewer girls are taught chess, and those who play are put off by the huge gender imbalance.
(107) They may be less likely to be put off enrolling on alternative courses.
(108) The danger is that while you put off the legwork, your money might be languishing in a second-rate account.
(109) All of us have a tendency to put off the difficult tasks or those we dislike.
(109) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
(110) Potential customers for freeze branding could well be put off by seeing this biased statement in a reputable magazine.
(111) Now is the time to make a clean sweep of all the jobs you put off during the bad weather.
(112) Many practitioners know this, and may be put off from benefiting from the undoubted if limited strengths of functional assessment.
(113) Nigel leafed through a few large-print Agatha Christies but was put off by the noxious inexplicable stains on the pages.
(114) Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. Pablo Picasso 
(115) Efforts to resolve the differences were put off until this year.
(116) Nearly 30 percent were put off by all the homeless people and beggars, up 6 points from 1989.
(117) Wilson has urged legislators to put off a scheduled March ban of the pesticide methyl bromide.
(118) Even local walkers were put off making their local rambles, aware that Mrs Chandler's attacker could strike again.
(119) Stewart Skirving, of the community development project, said the disturbances associated with late-night drinking would put off many tourists.
(120) I knew I did - and put off half my future for her.
More similar words: put out, put on, out of, cut off, get out of, run out of, come out of, keep out of, out of work, out of date, out of order, out of sight, out of place, out of doors, out of danger, out of breath, out of control, out of practice, out of the question, put, put in, put up, input, put to, output, deputy, put away, put down, dispute, computer.