negative

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Wow, as of this writing the vast majority of comments are just so negative!

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Quick take

a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of negative gathered in one view.

noun

a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"

noun

a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

verb

vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for negative.

noun

a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"

noun

a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

verb

vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

adjective

characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"

adjective

expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

adjective

having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"

adjective

not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"

adjective

reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; "negative interest rates"

adjective

less than zero; "a negative number"

adjective

designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"

adjective

having a negative charge; "electrons are negative"

adjective

involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"

Example sentences

Wow, as of this writing the vast majority of comments are just so negative!

I'm kind of amazed that a story like this can _still_ elicit negative responses here.

People make fun of him and make comments about how he has a net negative impact on software and computing.

]All that being said, I also don't find their negative result to be particular compelling.

It's the result of a negative prediction error in the nucleus accumbens.

He then addressed his concerns about my blog post, and the potentially negative impact it could have on his companys growth and current round of funding.

Coal is guaranteed to have costly negative health and environmental impacts on surrounding areas, while nuclear merely has the risk.

There are probably people who take action over the results they get from the service and if the results are incorrect the actions could have negative impact on their health.

" At this point, the author has completely distanced his psychopathy from the purely negative caricature he painted in the first half of his letter.

Maybe that's all accounted for in their paper in a compelling way, but I honestly don't see any way they could ever argue for more than a very limited negative result.

There is a reason why the word "vulgar" developed negative connotations over the centuries: it originally meant nothing more than "belonging to the crowd.

I suspect she did, and I suspect it contributes to the negative stereotypes that the author wanted to rail against by mentioning all this.> Do you know where the proxy settings are?

That changed only because some very courageous people stuck their neck out, weathered all the flack and negative personal repercussions towards themselves, and gradually made the point of "Why not?

Thought I’d highlight my favorite, perhaps non-obvious feature: the slope of the charts tells you whether the variable is positively or negatively correlated with the cost of buying.

It saved a small number of companies a relatively small amount of money, but was on the net a huge negative for the overall economic because it basically pumped lead directly into the bloodstream of children through their lungs, making them dumber.