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Bigger rewards for real, long-term success and severe disincentives for failure make more sense.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Price controls create disincentives for production and thus inflation.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Simplify taxes and benefits to reduce unintended disincentives (as when a small increase in wages triggers a big loss of income).
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Creating incentives for stable two-parent families and disincentives for single-parent families will require some political courage, the lack of which is profoundly salient in Maryland.
—Ellen Sauerbrey, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Price controls create disincentives for production and thus inflation.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Simplify taxes and benefits to reduce unintended disincentives (as when a small increase in wages triggers a big loss of income).
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Creating incentives for stable two-parent families and disincentives for single-parent families will require some political courage, the lack of which is profoundly salient in Maryland.
—Ellen Sauerbrey, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disincentive
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“Disincentive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disincentive. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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