Definition of "discouraged" []

• Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of discourage. (verb)

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• "In any event we aren't talking about any employment recession or increase in discouraged workers among adults."
• "What I remain discouraged by is the lack of “really excellent and mature sentiment” from any Rabbis."
• "When the long-term discouraged workers are added back into the total unemployed, the unemployment rate in September 2009 stands at 21.4%."