Electronegative in a sentence as an adjective

That's what you get when you mix a highly electronegative element with anything else!

Flourine is electronegative enough to be able to burn with asbestos, but not willingly, it needs a lot of encouragement to do so.

Both phosphorous and arsenic can make three bonds, and arsenic is only very slightly less electronegative than phosphorous.

O2 isn't flammable and doesn't provide fuel unless the oxidant is something very electronegative like fluorine.

Electronegative definitions

adjective

having a negative charge; "electrons are negative"

See also: negative