nonstimulating love

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  • adjective Not stimulating.

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non- +‎ stimulating

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Examples

  • Coming after $787 billion in nonstimulating stimulus, a $410 billion omnibus to wrap up fiscal 2009, a $3.5 trillion 2010 budget proposal, sundry bailouts and a 13-figure health-care spending expansion still to come, this latest vow of fiscal chastity is like Donald Trump denouncing self-promotion.

    The 'Paygo' Coverup 2009

  • Comforting, nonstimulating shades of biscuit, oatmeal, and linen keep the look serene and grounded.

    Thom Filicia Style Thom Filicia 2008

  • Washington has since embarked on a stampede of easy money from the Federal Reserve, nonstimulating tax rebates from Congress, and a crisis-driven, haphazard approach to credit market triage.

    Run on Washington 2008

  • This nonstimulating stimulus will largely take the form of tax rebates and credits that will do little to change economic incentives.

    The 'Stimulus' Deficit 2008

  • Without these nonstimulating rebates, federal tax payments would have climbed another 2.5%, according to CBO.

    The Spending Explosion 2008

  • (The nonstimulating tax rebates will also hurt the deficit.)

    Their Fair Share 2008

  • Meanwhile, the born-again Democratic Keynesians are already demanding a second round of nonstimulating stimulus.

    That Stagflation Show 2008

  • If you are unable to fall back to sleep, get out of bed and do something nonstimulating and relaxing (no computers or work) until you get sleepy, then go back to bed.

    Health for Life M.D.: Sleeping Well 2007

  • But later that week, another professor in the same department told me I should enjoy my non-academic friends while I still could, because I would eventually outgrow and become bored by them he predicted they would become intellectually nonstimulating by the time I finished my MS.

    Wayne Coyne and Advice Sarah Werning 2007

  • But later that week, another professor in the same department told me I should enjoy my non-academic friends while I still could, because I would eventually outgrow and become bored by them he predicted they would become intellectually nonstimulating by the time I finished my MS.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Sarah Werning 2007

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