Discourages
[dis'kʌridʒz]
Examples
- That was in my green days, and I soon learned that the failure of an experiment never discourages him unless it is by reason of the carelessness of the man making it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It neither encourages nor discourages improvement. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This might have been discouraging to some people; but, once embarked on a career of manifest usefulness, nothing discourages Me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Poverty, though it no doubt discourages, does not always prevent, marriage. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- By raising the rate of mercantile profit, the monopoly discourages the improvement of land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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