Disincentivize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
"In the case of Ms. Peltola, her two Republican opponents, Ms. Palin and Nick Begich, went at each other hammer and tong, somehow missing the fact that they were disincentivizing their supporters from ranking either of them as their second choice."
Synonyms
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More examples"In the case of Ms. Peltola, her two Republican opponents, Ms. Palin and Nick Begich, went at each other hammer and tong, somehow missing the fact that they were disincentivizing their supporters from ranking either of them as their second choice."
Etymology
From disincentive + -ize or dis- + incentivize.