disincentivize
不鼓励,抑制,挫伤积极性,阻碍
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dis·in·cen·tiv·ized, dis·in·cen·tiv·iz·ing.
- : to discourage or deter by removing incentives: The expiration of tax credits will disincentivize future participation in the energy-efficiency program.More affordable cholesterol-lowering medication may disincentivize people from adopting a vegetarian diet.
Examples
If it is instead dropped off in Duval, Smith said, there’s a substantial financial penalty — disincentivizing efforts to register more voters and, therefore, probably limiting how many people vote.
The threat of massive damages for spreading probably false conspiracy theories on matters of public concern could turn out to be the one tool that is successful in disincentivizing that behavior, where so many other tools seem to have failed.
However, the TV networks are putting such a premium on their streaming inventory that it is disincentivizing some advertisers from making the moves to be more flexible with where their ads appear.
In a bitter twist, however, one setting where spacing would be especially beneficial — school — is usually set up in a way that disincentivizes it.