unencouraging

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Recent Examples of unencouraging The investigations and any response in this case by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) are ongoing (read: pathetically slow and unencouraging). Shireen Ahmed, Time, 5 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unencouraging
Adjective
  • The groups are asking the human rights commission to order precautionary measures, basically an emergency action to prevent irreparable harm.
    Marcos Alemán, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • The loss of a Soldier is always an irreparable tragedy.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • Australian gold The small town in Australia that’s spreading the story of Vegemite 04:50 Vegemite, an Australian delicacy with the unpromising base material of leftover brewers’ yeast, is so loved in the country there’s even a museum dedicated to it.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Yet despite the minimal funding and unpromising history, the search continues to garner both adherents and interest.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2012
Adjective
  • His cause of death was listed as a stroke followed by irreversible cardiac arrest.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
  • Without recurring care, many patients will experience harmful setbacks that could lead to hospitalization and irreversible damage that reduces their quality of life and life expectancy.
    Dan Mccarty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • This is not an argument for more unrepentant violence and general bloodthirstiness on television, where women are still too often faceless victims in crime/horror dramas.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
  • Clips of the media furor that resulted can be seen in the trailer for Dinner Time, and in the actual clip, Wolf remains unrepentant — a point of pride for ride-or-die stand-up comics.
    Frank DiGiacomo, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Unencouraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unencouraging. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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