Meanings of less encouragement in English

He gets little sympathy, and still less encouragement.

No greeting could have conveyed less encouragement.

The problem is that girls' sport is seen as far less important, and there is less encouragement for them to participate.

That part of his hardware, therefore, becomes of less value to him, and he has less encouragement to work at it.

He could see further than Carl, and would be able to find more or less encouragement in the way things were working.

That part of their own surplus produce becomes of less value to them, and they have less encouragement to increase its quantity.

That they received less encouragement and help from those who induced them to emigrate than might have been expected, is equally certain.

The fewer the salaried officials of State, the less inspection and restriction, and the less encouragement to habits of submission in the people.

A subordinate member of a Government, with plenty to do in his own department, finds little temptation, and less encouragement, to play the debater.

She was masculine, self-poised, and self-satisfied; she had taken excellent care of herself at a time when the independent woman had less encouragement than now.

Less encouragement to remain could not have been offered, but Rhoda conceived a hope of hearing something significant if she persevered in conversation.