dissuaded; dissuading
1
a
: to advise (a person) against something
… dissuading us from base thoughts, low ends, ignoble gains …—
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b
archaic
: to advise against (an action)
2
: to turn from something by persuasion
unable to dissuade him from going
dissuader
noun
Examples of dissuade in a Sentence
Our warnings did not dissuade them.
tried to dissuade her from her intention to drop out of college
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—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
If you can't be dissuaded, or if your router doesn't support adding more mesh nodes, some repeaters are better than others.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
But Jiles was not dissuaded from her opinion that Dorka had never come on the show to find a partner.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
Bourla also rebuked claims that his company was involved in dissuading past executives — former CEO Ian Read and former CFO Frank D’Amelio — from joining Starboard’s efforts.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Dissuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissuade. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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