Rotten placement? That’s discouraging (3-7)
I believe the answer is:
off-putting
'discouraging' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'rotten placement?' is the wordplay.
'rotten' becomes 'off' (I've seen this before).
'placement?' becomes 'putting' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'off'+'putting'='OFF-PUTTING'
'that's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for off-putting that I've seen before include "Disconcerting" , "Discouraging" .)