unselling

verb

present participle of unsell
as in discouraging

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  1. discouraging
  2. inhibiting
  3. deterring
  4. dissuading
Verb
  • But flying less can raise operating costs per seat, while pushing prices higher risks discouraging travelers who have already absorbed steep increases.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • At the risk of discouraging readers, this chapter’s protagonists will include cholecalciferol, ammonia, neonicotinoids, polyethylene, 17α-methyltestosterone, and diclofenac.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of discouraging
Verb
  • Yet his essay credits biofield therapy with inhibiting cancer-cell growth and metastasis.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
  • One of the challenges inhibiting organic cotton growth in Pakistan, according to Sawie’s study, is the organic seed system.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of inhibiting
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  • And the key for deterring Chinese leaders from starting a conflict is to convince them that a domestic crisis would arrive sooner than any battlefield victory.
    — JOEL WUTHNOW, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2026
  • If a gang’s leadership, or the networks that profit from it, remain in place, billions spent deterring young offenders will not protect American streets or the children who walk them.
    — Charles Wratto, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of deterring
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  • But there’s little evidence that long runtimes are dissuading moviegoers.
    — Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang of Arcadia, who were arrested at their home Tuesday morning, were set to be charged with several felonies, including conspiracy to commit child abuse and dissuading a witness, DA Nathan Hochman said.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of dissuading
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