Words similar to discouraging

Example sentences for: discouraging

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The paper reports that government officials are concerned that health insurance companies are circumventing the law by discouraging sales to certain individuals, charging very high premiums or penalizing insurance agents who sell policies to those with preexisting conditions.
[David] McClelland [author of The Achieving Society ] said that the "famous self-confidence" of businessmen--really, their refusal to face discouraging facts--was an important tool for economic development.
Urban biases inevitably play a deterrent role, discouraging poor patients from seeking help.
There is a discouraging lesson in the polls for the RPH.
In spite of this discouraging opinion, application of various signal processing methods in this field is still very popular.