UNSELLING Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

unselling

verb

present participle of unsell

as in discouraging

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Lesley Lewis, who has run the French House pub in Soho for 37 years, said discouraging that tradition would only drive customers to other parts of the city.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Pushing for transparency and justice for victims can be discouraging, as files continue to be released with victims' names but often without those of the accused.

— Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of discouraging

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Silica particles cause lungs to fight back with fibrotic tissue that builds and builds, severely inhibiting the ability to breathe.

— Howard Berkes, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026
Jens Eskelund, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, said that European countries are more focused on addressing specific strategic segments and Chinese industrial policies than broadly inhibiting Chinese imports.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Definition of inhibiting

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Military experts expect it to call for further spending increases aimed primarily at deterring China from starting a conflict with Taiwan that could also draw Japan into a prolonged war.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
This crisis is exacerbated by lower pay for these cognitive specialties compared to procedural ones, deterring new doctors burdened by debt.

— John Samuels, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of deterring

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Other chat logs included in the lawsuit also show ChatGPT dissuading Winters from seeking hospital care and downplaying Winters’ wife’s concerns about her husband’s health.

— Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 22 July 2026
Leaders using this phrase create an unsafe psychological environment, dissuading any dissent or improvement curiosity.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of dissuading

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