discourage

verb [T] (MAKE LESS CONFIDENT)

/dɪˈskɜr·ɪdʒ, -ˈskʌr-/

Definition

› to cause someone to feel less confident or less hopeful: She sometimes got discouraged about her social life, which was going nowhere, she felt.

(Definition of discourage verb (MAKE LESS CONFIDENT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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