Words similar to discouraging

Example sentences for: discouraging

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But that's because Starr, mindful of Justice Department guidelines discouraging compelled testimony from journalists, never even tried to get the testimony of his best potential witness, . Meanwhile, Steele could not be called by the prosecution, thanks to the Fifth Amendment, and did not testify in her own defense.
Another admires women's basketball for discouraging "ladylike behavior" and promoting "raucous ...
Scrambled eggs are not an easy dish to cook in such a way that hungry men turn away in discouragement, yet the scrambled eggs Eleanor Roosevelt always made in a chafing dish for Sunday night supper were undeniably discouraging.
Reducing insurance rates by discouraging frivolous lawsuits is a perfectly sound idea.
John McCain's anti-tobacco bill . It would raise the price of cigarettes (thereby ostensibly discouraging youth smoking) by imposing half a billion dollars in fees on tobacco companies to support anti-smoking education, research, health care, and cessation programs.