disincentivize
Verb
Meaning
disincentivize (third-person singular simple present disincentivizes, present participle disincentivizing, simple past and past participle disincentivized)
(transitive) To discourage or demotivate by means of a disincentive.
Synonym: deincentivize
Antonym: incentivize
Examples
[Y]ou can affect a lot of people with a small amount of information. Therefore, you can change the behavior of many people with a small amount of information. The question then arises as to what kinds of information will produce behavior which is just and disincentivize behavior which is unjust.
Critics say that a UBI might prompt businesses to raise their prices, disincentivize work or be sufficient to eradicate poverty.
Museum professionals often decry these actions because they will disincentivize future donors from giving valuable artwork to museums (and therefore, the argument goes, to the public).
In the long run, this would disincentivize the overall production of any good.
Republicans, however, have long been against the additional $600 payment, claiming they disincentivize workers from looking for new jobs — even though economists say there is no evidence that's the case.