Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to dissuade or divert from a purpose; dehortatory.
- noun Argument or advice employed to deter one from a measure or purpose; that which is intended or tends to divert from any purpose or course of action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tending to
dissuade , or divert form a measure or purpose;dehortatory .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective deterring from action
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Examples
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Espy once crisply defined as "dissuasive advice given with authority."
'Neverisms': 11 Things You Should Never Do, Never Say, Never Forget (PHOTOS) 2011
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Various and moving objects pass before him and speak a dissuasive language.
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We don't have enough troops there to have a kind of dissuasive authority that stops the looting that stops the lawlessness and protects our own people.
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We don't have enough troops there to have a kind of dissuasive authority that stops the looting that stops the lawlessness and protects our own people.
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"The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive," the draft document says, giving countries until March 30, 2012, to notify what the sanctions will be.
EU to Cap Data-Roaming Services Frances Robinson 2011
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This has also proved dissuasive to riders tempted to exploit the possibilities of doping.
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On World Day Against the Death Penalty, last Sunday, the 10th of October, a day of action instituted seven years ago by an organization of NGOs, unions, and legal professionals 'associations, it was repeated again that the death penalty has no dissuasive influence, that it in no way repairs the damage a criminal has done to society, and that it does not protect the said society in any manner.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: And to Think That We Still Have to Argue Against the Death Penalty Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010
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Five miles and 1000 vertical feet had a marvelously dissuasive effect on the competition.
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Have a great con story or dissuasive warning for another con?
Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2010 « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010
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"The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive," the draft document says, giving countries until March 30, 2012, to notify what the sanctions will be.
EU to Cap Data-Roaming Services Frances Robinson 2011
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