I also don't wish to discourage readers who in good faith find errors, misrepresentations or unfair characterizations.

Vera's nearly relentless self-pity discourages readers from the generous impulses they might otherwise feel toward her, for in fact she has legitimate grievances.

Collyns noted that the issues of transgender characters and incest would discourage readers.

Emphasizing individual experience and one's personal relationship with God, they discouraged readers from attributing their successes or failures to "larger economic and political forces."

Snopes' popular standing is such that some chain e-mail hoaxes claim to have been "checked out on 'Snopes.com'" in an attempt to discourage readers from seeking verification.

Any chance the digest will discourage readers from opening up the paper?

I don't want to discourage readers from challenging those different perspectives, but I wish people would stop assuming that a contrary opinion indicates hostility toward the original opinion.

The article also discouraged readers by presenting skewed logic about the cost of solar energy, stating that economically, solar is not that fulfilling.

A historical anecdote may serve to discourage impatient readers who are reaching for their pens to complain about a problem in the diagramed deal.

While the semi-literate spelling in which they are written has often discouraged modern readers, it can also be seen as a point of characterizing "Nasby."