Examples of disincentive in a Sentence
We considered volunteering, but the complicated application process was a disincentive.
The complicated application process was a disincentive to volunteering our time.
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And this part is interesting, too: here’s how the author describes a kind of gradual buy-in by the average user, despite some initial disincentives.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Aside from all the implications for hardware vendors, this is the opposite of the business model for the typical horizontal software or cloud provider, which creates a disincentive for developers (and investors) to build scalable business plans.
—Jason Andersen, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Rising insurance premiums can serve as a disincentive for building in vulnerable areas.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This mutual recognition created a disincentive to strike first, since both Moscow and Washington knew that any nuclear attack would be met with a nuclear response—thereby maintaining a perilous but thus far real equilibrium.
—Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2020
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Aside from all the implications for hardware vendors, this is the opposite of the business model for the typical horizontal software or cloud provider, which creates a disincentive for developers (and investors) to build scalable business plans.
—Jason Andersen, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Rising insurance premiums can serve as a disincentive for building in vulnerable areas.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
This mutual recognition created a disincentive to strike first, since both Moscow and Washington knew that any nuclear attack would be met with a nuclear response—thereby maintaining a perilous but thus far real equilibrium.
—Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2020
See All Example Sentences for disincentive
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“Disincentive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disincentive. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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