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demoralizingly
adverb
(UK usuallydemoralisingly)uk /dɪˈmɒr.ə.laɪ.zɪŋ.li/ us /dɪˈmɔːr.ə.laɪ.zɪŋ.li/
in a way that makes you lose confidence, enthusiasm, and hope:
The pay and facilities available to staff are demoralizingly poor.
We were dragged off to a demoralisingly wet hillside for Army-style training.
The winter was not ultra-cold, but it was demoralizingly long.
A great deal of money and manpower was thrown at the campaign, and it had demoralisingly little effect.
The report claimed that schools have demoralizingly low expectations of poor students.
The exercise can be helpful, but it is often demoralizingly difficult.
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