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  • noun One who, or that which, demotivates.

Etymologies

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demotivate +‎ -or

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Examples

  • This demotivator is from Sean Lindsay's wonderful 101 Reasons to Stop Writing Blog.

    Nanu-Nanu NaNoWriMo Ulysses 2008

  • This demotivator is from Sean Lindsay's wonderful 101 Reasons to Stop Writing Blog.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Ulysses 2008

  • I have a desk calendar from Despair.com, a purveyor of darkly funny "demotivator" posters such as the one pictured below my unwittingly timely choice for February, as it turns out.

    Articles 2010

  • I have a desk calendar from Despair.com, a purveyor of darkly funny "demotivator" posters such as the one pictured below my unwittingly timely choice for February, as it turns out.

    Demotivators 2009

  • I have a desk calendar from Despair.com, a purveyor of darkly funny "demotivator" posters such as the one pictured below my unwittingly timely choice for February, as it turns out.

    2 entries from February 2009 2009

  • This reminds me of a pithy "demotivator" submitted by Ygor earlier:

    D*I*Y Planner - Comments 2008

  • 101 Reasons to Stop Writing has compiled all of its "demotivator" desktop wallpaper onto a single page.

    Demotivators. Jeff 2008

  • Objectively, the Lefty activists who wanted to hold out for a “worthy” bill, while undoubtedly something of a demotivator for genuinely Progressive legislators, are probably the very least of the dilatory factors in getting this bill passed.

    Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » School Uniforms 2010

  • I remember from my old Organizational Psychology that while money isn't a motivator, "inequity" is a demotivator.

    Executive Compensation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Surely that would act as a demotivator to plagiarise you might say?

    What Google can do to stop plagiarism and save journalism « Squash 2008

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