Discourage and Lack

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Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.
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Lack and discourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lack" instead a verb "Discourage".
Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Lack

Lack verb - Be without.
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Discourage and lack are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Lack".
Nearby Words: lacking, lacked

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kind discourage kind lack kind
interest discourage interest lack interest
sort discourage sort lack sort
attacks discourage attacks lack attacks

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  • One of the alleged safety features was the lack of a cigarette lighter or ashtray, as the car's creator, Malcolm Bricklin, wanted to discourage smoking and driving.
    Source: The Alleged Car / Real Life
  • Video Game Cruelty Punishment The game is designed specifically to discourage the usual Tabletop RPG standard of "kill them all and take their stuff." The PCs are (by default assumption) people who for various reasons lack most of their souls.
    Source: Video Game Cruelty Punishment
  • Beware My Stinger Tail The last bit of many sauropods' tails lack the ossified tendons that hold the rest of the tail rigid and are very slim, which would have let them use their tails like whips to crack at enemies to discourage them.
    Source: Beware My Stinger Tail
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