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
  • Immediate, irreparable harm When the government creates a policy that might violate the Constitution or federal law, affected people can sue in federal court to stop it.
    Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
  • Their outcomes are far from certain, and the cases might be decided only after irreparable damage has been done.
    Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 25 June 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
  • But most in the audience clung onto the notion that at best, globalization and integration had reached a bump in the road, believing that globalization was inevitable, immutable and irreversible.
    Paul Laudicina, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The shift from partner to caregiver was instantaneous and irreversible.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • One is the diminished and unrepentant former governor who blames the left for his personal disgrace.
    Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
  • Bianca and Shaad, who are watching, are horrified, but Alicia is unrepentant.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 May 2025

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“Unencouraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unencouraging. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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