Once people start comparing themselves to others who already have experienced great success, this becomes an extremely demotivating factor to them.
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Demotivating
Synonyms for "demotivating" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (3)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (5)
Adjective(5 words)
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5 translations across 4 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- demotiverend verb (Translations)
Finnish
1 entries- lannistava verb (Translations)
French
1 entries- démotivant verb (Translations)
Polish
2 entries- demotywujący verb (Translations)
- zniechęcający verb (Translations)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Too big a goal can be just as demotivating as one that's too small.
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