as in irreparable
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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).
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Shireen Ahmed, Time, 5 June 2019
Shireen Ahmed, Time, 5 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unencouraging
Adjective
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After exchanging insults on social media, Musk escalated the feud to what many believed was irreparable damage in two separate posts on his X account.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Thursday’s preliminary injunction made that relief more long term and acknowledged the irreparable harm that Chung could otherwise face.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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Its rustling stirs the tension in a radicalizing conservative society, while its wailing heralds the irreversible consequences of raging human emotion.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 June 2025
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Brain death requires that physicians perform certain clinical tests to make sure the patient has suffered irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain.—
Katherine Drabiak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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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 20 Jun. 2025.
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