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English
Etymology
From de- + incentivize.
Verb
deincentivize (third-person singular simple present deincentivizes, present participle deincentivizing, simple past and past participle deincentivized)
- (transitive, rare) To disincentivize.
2013 October 29, Catherine Rampell, “Cracking the Apple Trap”, in The New York Times Magazine:When Apple started making the iPhone in 2007, its product was so innovative that it could have deliberately degraded durability without fear. But in the last couple years, the company has faced stiffer competition from Samsung and HTC, among others, which should deincentivize planned obsolescence.