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Get to know Dissuasive better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like discouraging or admonitory.

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Dissuasive in a sentence

Dissuasive meaning

Tending to dissuade, or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory.

Synonyms of Dissuasive

discouraging admonitory cautionary exemplary monitory warning persuasive

Related words

Other words often associated with Dissuasive or its synonyms:

prophylactic dispiriting emblematic weighty monition unfavorable demoralizing encouraging informing admonishing typical glib

Using Dissuasive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Tending to dissuade, or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory.
  • Useful related words include: discouraging, admonitory, cautionary, exemplary.

Context around Dissuasive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

sanctions 1×

Sentence patterns with Dissuasive

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

proportionate and dissuasive sanctions 1× to be dissuasive to the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence endings:

and dissuasive sanctions 1× of its capacities 1×

Words around Dissuasive

Just before it in the word index:

dissuasion 4 dissuading 17 dissuades 3 dissuaded 46 dissuade 133 dissonant 48

Just after it in the word index:

dissymmetry 1 dist 26 distabilising 2 distad 3 distaff 5 distain 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Dissuasive

  • In this selection, "dissuasive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sanctions stand out and add context to how "dissuasive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include proportionate and dissuasive sanctions and to be dissuasive to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dissuasive" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dissuasive

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

It was not strong enough to be dissuasive to the Syrian regime, or intense enough to destroy all of its capacities. (21 words)

One of its recommendations is that the Standards Commissioner is given the ap-propriate means to conduct inquiries and to propose effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

One of its recommendations is that the Standards Commissioner is given the ap-propriate means to conduct inquiries and to propose effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions. (26 words)

It was not strong enough to be dissuasive to the Syrian regime, or intense enough to destroy all of its capacities. (21 words)

Example sentences (2)

One of its recommendations is that the Standards Commissioner is given the ap-propriate means to conduct inquiries and to propose effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions.

It was not strong enough to be dissuasive to the Syrian regime, or intense enough to destroy all of its capacities.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dissuasive" in a sentence?
An example: "One of its recommendations is that the Standards Commissioner is given the ap-propriate means to conduct inquiries and to propose effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "dissuasive" from authentic English texts.
What does "dissuasive" mean?
Dissuasive means: Tending to dissuade, or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory.
What are synonyms of "dissuasive"?
Common synonyms of "dissuasive" include: discouraging, admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning, persuasive.
How many example sentences with "dissuasive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "dissuasive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.