Definition of "unencouraging" [unencouraging]

• Not encouraging. (adjective)

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• "Had unencouraging news today from my agent and boy, hit the depression coaster with a vengeance."
• "The focus of the talks was on challenging young people to lead holy lives in the unencouraging environment of today's culture."
• "His answers to her efforts to make conversation became terse and unencouraging, giving her the message that he preferred the privacy of his own silence to any attempt to create a more intimate mood between them."