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How do you use Disempowering in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Disempowering in a sentence

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Disempowering | Disempower | Disempowered | Disempowerment | Disempowers

Disempowering meaning

  1. Causing a loss of power or agency; debilitating.
  2. Demoralizing.

Using Disempowering

  • The main meaning on this page is: Causing a loss of power or agency; debilitating. | Demoralizing.
  • In the example corpus, disempowering often appears in combinations such as: and disempowering.

Context around Disempowering

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

finale 1×

Sentence patterns with Disempowering

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

also be disempowering as the 1× can be disempowering and pupil 1× it is disempowering a number 1× person while disempowering another hafen 1× silencing and disempowering them 1× so disempowering in fact 1× turbulent and disempowering finale for 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

gossip is thought 1× remember that time 1× so disempowering in 1× staff have been 1× the waters though 1× you can boycott 1×

Common sentence endings:

57 page document 1× and disempowering them 1× can do themselves 1× disempowering another hafen 1× number of workers 1× of the broadcast 1×

Words around Disempowering

Just before it in the word index:

disempowered 11 disempower 11 disembowelment 3 disembowelling 4 disembowelled 7 disemboweling 2

Just after it in the word index:

disempowerment 8 disempowers 3 disenchant 1 disenchanted 67 disenchanting 4 disenchantment 35

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abdulwahab 13

Corpus analysis for Disempowering

  • In this selection, "disempowering" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, finale stand out and add context to how "disempowering" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include also be disempowering as the and can be disempowering and pupil. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "disempowering" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with disempowering

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Gossip is thought by many to "empower one person while disempowering another" (Hafen). (13 words)

Remember that time that we locked teens out of social media, and made them all safer by silencing and disempowering them? (21 words)

The waters, though, are still on the rise, resulting in a turbulent and disempowering finale for an otherwise polished and witty two-hander. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

So disempowering, in fact, that one woman, discouraged at the recent removal of women from the stand in a few Bay Area congregations, called on other Latter-day Saint women to boycott Sunday’s services, the same day of the broadcast. (41 words)

You can boycott corporations existing upon the exploitation of women: a shirt expressing one’s desire to empower women is pointless if it is disempowering a number of workers. (29 words)

Staff have been instructed not to label children as 'bullies' or 'victims' – as it can be 'disempowering' – and pupil exclusion does not feature in the 57-page document. (28 words)

Question examples

Remember that time that we locked teens out of social media, and made them all safer by silencing and disempowering them? (21 words)

Example sentences (7)

It can also be disempowering as the focus is on what is being done to a person rather than what they can do themselves.

Remember that time that we locked teens out of social media, and made them all safer by silencing and disempowering them?

So disempowering, in fact, that one woman, discouraged at the recent removal of women from the stand in a few Bay Area congregations, called on other Latter-day Saint women to boycott Sunday’s services, the same day of the broadcast.

Staff have been instructed not to label children as 'bullies' or 'victims' – as it can be 'disempowering' – and pupil exclusion does not feature in the 57-page document.

The waters, though, are still on the rise, resulting in a turbulent and disempowering finale for an otherwise polished and witty two-hander.

You can boycott corporations existing upon the exploitation of women: a shirt expressing one’s desire to empower women is pointless if it is disempowering a number of workers.

Gossip is thought by many to "empower one person while disempowering another" (Hafen).

Common combinations with disempowering

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "disempowering" in a sentence?
An example: "It can also be disempowering as the focus is on what is being done to a person rather than what they can do themselves." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "disempowering" from authentic English texts.
What does "disempowering" mean?
Disempowering means: Causing a loss of power or agency; debilitating.
How many example sentences with "disempowering" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "disempowering", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.