dispirits

verb

present tense third-person singular of dispirit
as in discourages
to lessen the courage or confidence of dispirited by the overwhelming amount of information needed to write the report

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  1. discourages
  2. frustrates
Verb
  • Residents are asked not to burn and the Department of Natural Resources also discourages lighting campfires in the region.
    — WCCO Staff, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • For children under 18 months, the AAP discourages all screen use except for video chatting with family.
    — Elizabeth Dowdell, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
Definition of discourages
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  • Fallback that requires manual intervention or user choice introduces friction that frustrates legitimate users and can be socially engineered by bad actors.
    — Gegham Azatyan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • What frustrates me is when the CTA isn’t there.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
Definition of frustrates
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