But up-for-sale Chester's ongoing financial problems have had a demoralising effect at the Deva Stadium.
It can get quite demoralising especially when you've applied for quite a lot of jobs.
"Wall to wall rain" over several months has been "demoralising", according to the Guernsey Farmers Association.
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That must be awfully demoralising if the only chance that you get all day goes to ground.
The Leeds captain is confident that despite the demoralising defeat England can win their semi-final against New Zealand.
There have even been calls for the return of Shane Warne and it is all demoralising for the hosts.
I'm all for accountability, but having to defend every decision and every minute of teaching is demoralising and counter-productive.
Just as importantly, the coalition has learned that the messy happenstance of everyday government can be disruptive and demoralising.
The country's cricket board, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has firmly backed its players, describing the broadcast as "baseless and thereby demoralising".
Any hint that loyal service in Westminster is becoming a less reliable path to a ministerial job is therefore profoundly demoralising.
Losing a war is even more demoralising than losing ships or jets.
It is so demoralising going into the shops and finding so little on offer that actually fits, that it is not fun going shopping.
Not disastrous, perhaps, but certainly demoralising and largely the result of the Berlusconi government's timidity over introducing the root-and-branch structural reforms that Italy so badly needs.
But what could be more demoralising for a conscientious and capable teacher than to see less-deserving colleagues getting the same pay, as is now the case?
And it is more demoralising still when, as in the case of Mr Macdonald, the bypassing of Parliament is justified, entirely reasonably, by his special knowledge of business.
They will then be able to respond precisely, rather than slogging around on fruitless and demoralising patrols on the off-chance of catching a poacher up to no good.
Malnutrition is normally seen as a problem for the developing world, but Rick Wilson argues that here in Britain this costly and demoralising condition has been neglected for too long.
Cynon Valley AM Christine Chapman voiced her regret over the announcement stressing that the uncertainly in the run up to the decision had been "very demoralising for Aberdare factory workers" in her constituency.
For many Israelis, Sinai offers the opportunity to gamble - which is illegal back home - but in recent years it has also became an escape from the demoralising effects of the intifada.
The paper also details the group's successful strategy of taking control of the countryside around main cities while simultaneously using secret cells to launch focused and demoralising attacks on urban targets through suicide bombers.
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But their bowlers struggled to take wickets on a slow and barren pitch, with off-spinner Jason Krejza being hammered for a demoralising 76 runs off 11 overs following his 0-123 in the first innings.
But shadow education secretary Andrew Burnham - a member of Mr Brown's cabinet - said he thought "raking over these coals" was not helpful to Labour and "demoralising" for party members trying to focus on current challenges.
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Back in April when the protesters were on the streets just a few blocks away, the World Bank's president James Wolfensohn said that it is a bit demoralising to hear that there is a mobilisation for social justice when he thought that is what the Bank is doing every day.
If anything it's become even more unbearable in the months since I had those conversations and I think eventually, and I hope it's very soon, people there are going to recognise that this conflict, grinding, demoralising, dehumanising, devastating to people on both sides, has to stop and they've got to learn to live side-by-side in negotiation and in peace.
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