unsell

verb

Definition of unsellnext
as in to deter

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  1. deter
  2. discourage
  3. dissuade
  4. inhibit
Verb
  • The West is failing to deter the low-level attacks, which are designed to be below the threshold of triggering NATO involvement, defense officials told the Financial Times.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Far from deterring visitors, the presence of sharks is helping fuel a whole new type of tourism.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of deter
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  • One Discord user posted a threat to hand out hundreds of fliers at the store’s physical Sonny Angel launch event later that morning, falsely claiming that owners supported ICE to discourage would-be shoppers.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The law has in some cases discouraged people, and especially women, from wanting to marry at a time when Japan’s birth rate has fallen to dangerously low levels.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of discourage
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  • Voting rights advocates argue that requirements to present birth certificates or passports in order to register to vote is intended to make voting more difficult, to dissuade some people from voting at all.
    — Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • That, however, did little to dissuade investors from keeping expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike elevated.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of dissuade
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  • Copper and zinc woven into the fabric inhibit the growth of bacteria and fungi.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Both mainly reduced trade barriers and committed all three governments to avoid policies that inhibited commercial flows with one another.
    — Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of inhibit
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“Unsell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsell. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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