It's just downright discouraging, lieutenant.

Discouraging. You're probably pleased as punch.

Please don't say such discouraging words.

We're discouraging the use of that word.

Couldn't you be a bit less discouraging?

And the percentage of failures is most discouraging.

Her plane got in late. Discouraging, isn't it?

So it was a little discouraging to the students.

But on the ground the signs are increasingly discouraging.

the Rocky Mountains and the equally discouraging High Sierras.

It is discouraging smoking. So now Philip Morris is demanding to be compensated for lost profits.

The passing of a decade and the repetitious nature of the situation today would seem discouraging.

Otherwise the discouraging experience of national implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action would be repeated.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Conversely, the presence of quotas or countervailing duties affecting the potential host country is discouraging for investors.

Studies on women apos s access to land in Panama have been limited and their findings discouraging.

A growing number of communities are implementing effective public transportation systems although at present discouraging trends still dominate.

Such policies, it was argued, undermined agricultural development by discouraging farmers from investing in agriculture and improving productivity.

Moreover, money laundering distorts financial markets, discouraging foreign direct investment as a result of the damaged integrity of financial institutions.

That was especially discouraging when practised in the United Nations where, according to the Charter, all Member States were equal.

The declaration should also contain recommendations to the Council aimed at curtailing, limiting or discouraging the use of the veto.

4. The situation with respect to Africa s share in total net resource flows, especially official development assistance (ODA), is discouraging.

However, many obstacles remained, and the picture so far of the repossession process under the laws in the Federation is discouraging.

With a view to discouraging wide resort to public policy exceptions, exclusions under paragraph (2) would best be left to national law.

Much emphasis was laid, however, on the discouraging human rights situation there and the lack of a political compromise in the country.

It was just a bubble, we learned. Our confidence in ourselves, and hence in our futures, took a hit, discouraging economic risk taking.

It was discouraging that the opinions expressed by the Russian Federation increasingly diverged from those of international organizations, human rights experts and other States.

Unfortunately, once again the Nuclear Weapon States' response has been discouraging, as they have chosen to hold on to their reservations to the Protocols.

It is indeed discouraging that we find ourselves at the same place year after year that is to say, in non agreement on an agenda.

Patterns of informalization differ from region to region but the overall trend is discouraging in terms of prospects for realizing women's rights and well being.

It is indeed discouraging to see that there has been no significant progress towards the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons.

In other sectors, however, the situation was discouraging, as in the case of illicit manufacture of opium and amphetamine type stimulants, which had continued to rise.

Moreover, such a regime would have the undesirable consequence of discouraging the emerging industry of certification authorities, thus limiting the possibilities of use of digital signatures.

Philippine regulations for processing of parts of scrap batteries are fully consistent with its commitment to the Basel Convention, thereby discouraging the international traffic of wastes.

Many acknowledge that national youth policies and programmes support these important aspects of youth development, as they assist in discouraging young people from engaging in antisocial behaviour.

Such consideration should take into account the implications that actions discouraging withdrawal may have for legitimate rights under other conventions and agreements, including those of a commercial nature.

Since the September arrests, guards posted at Daw Aung San Suu Kyi apos s house have reportedly been discouraging and sometimes even preventing her from leaving the compound.

The linkage between illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and the illicit exploitation of resources should be clearly understood, with a view to discouraging and stopping it.

This is discouraging, given reports in the media and on the Internet some of which may be incorrect, but certainly not all regarding the movement of various listed individuals.

Here, to some extent, we have been able to achieve the targets set in the Millennium Declaration, despite the rather discouraging surge in the global demand for peacekeeping operations.

B. Tackling the problem 10. Demand reduction programmes should cover all areas of prevention, from discouraging initial use to reducing the negative health and social consequences of drug abuse.

In view of the discouraging lack of progress towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons, States must reaffirm their NPT commitments towards the achievement of a nuclear weapon free world.

Within the framework of the Convention, a number of consultations had been held to discuss ways in which legal provisions discouraging discrimination in the field of education could be implemented.

In this connection, I should like to salute the courage and perseverance of the United Nations staff members who have been working in Afghanistan under such dangerous and discouraging conditions.

Let's pretend that our government supported an oil based economy, while discouraging more sustainable forms of energy, knowing all the while that the result would be pollution, war and rising costs.