How to Use disincentive in a Sentence

disincentive

noun
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Synonyms for disincentivenext
  • The complicated application process was a disincentive to volunteering our time.
  • We considered volunteering, but the complicated application process was a disincentive.
  • That ensures the underwriting banks have skin in the game and gives them a disincentive to price sales too high.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The engagement ring, in fact, could be seen as a disincentive to marry.
    — Time, 28 June 2023
  • The 30% levy hits top earners who take their assets out of France, which as Mr. Macron rightly says is a disincentive to invest in France in the first place.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 May 2018
  • The company would also build a railroad along the wall as a further disincentive to try to cross it.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Another consideration: the lower the rate, the greater the disincentive there is for the bank to loan out money in the first place.
    — Erik Sherman, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But the new rules would be a disincentive to responsible people who would like to keep bees.
    — Kevin Riordan, Philly.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Tough driving disincentives and bold transit options are nowhere in all the Ford Site planning to date.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 21 Nov. 2019
  • By contrast, new VPSOs must leave their hometowns for a block of training that lasts two months or more, a strong disincentive.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2019
  • What may well have been a sincere desire to help people in a time of need translated into a disincentive to go back to work.
    — Nihal Krishan, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2020
  • That means people who would like to buy a home in an expensive market may encounter a tax disincentive to do so.
    — Sarah Skidmore Sell and Ken Sweet, Houston Chronicle, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Its basic premise is that traffic can be reduced by charging a fee or toll at peak hours that would serve as a disincentive to drivers.
    — Winnie Hu and Vivian Wang, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Pallets have a special disincentive for most kinds of recycling because they're made of both hard and soft wood.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2021
  • Pallets have a special disincentive for most kinds of recycling because they’re made of both hard and soft wood.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Byrne said the Bureau's mishandling of a tip could even be a disincentive for potential tipsters in the future.
    — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The European Union’s proposed refugee deal with Turkey is a blunt attempt to create a disincentive for refugees to pay smugglers to reach Greece.
    — Jim Yardley, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2016
  • Economists have long said the rule acted as a disincentive for women to rejoin the workforce full time because they would be taxed more.
    — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Those organs can be life-saving for the right patient but too often transplant centers won’t take the chance, a disincentive for OPOs to collect them.
    — Lauran Neergaard, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2019
  • That’s a serious disincentive, Cross says, when the Apple speaker costs $200 more than than most smart speakers.
    — Mark Gurman, Houston Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Yet even when people are in the grips of a delusion, their behavior can sometimes be shaped with incentives and disincentives.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Drivers’ earnings are deducted through the app to help pay for the lease, which also gives them a disincentive to drive for rival Lyft Inc. or small competitors.
    — Greg Bensinger, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Nonetheless, at least some owners say the tax is a strong disincentive to overspending.
    — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2019
  • President Joe Biden has said the extra benefits do not act as a disincentive for people to return to work.
    — Devan Cole, CNN, 9 May 2021
  • Becoming ensnared in the laws of multiple states is a huge disincentive for a bank to partner with a firm to offer new lending products.
    — John Berlau, National Review, 9 June 2021
  • High marginal tax rates can be a disincentive to saving.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 20 May 2017
  • That contributes to high costs for homes and rentals that have priced some Anchorage residents out of the market, and creates a disincentive for workers that might move here.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • There's a disincentive to applying too early: Renewals are good for two years from the day they're issued, not two years added on to the original period.
    — Joseph Tanfani, latimes.com, 11 May 2018
  • Then, its system deletes all the tax data the consumers have entered, requiring them to start their tax return from scratch, creating a big disincentive to downgrading.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There is a comparable disincentive to wait, especially if Putin is bent on exacting revenge.
    — Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2023

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