not positive

Example Sentences

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Those optics are not positive for mainstream crypto adoption and could mark a new policy risk.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The reaction from some viewers on social media was, perhaps predictably, not positive.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

"Our position on Finland is positive, but it is not positive on Sweden," President Tayyip Erdogan said last week.

From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2023

All of a sudden, a history of this maternal energy, which James had told me was not positive for my character, just opened up for me in a way.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2022

I’m not positive, but I think he probably got the message, too, because after his last, troubling phone call, he pulled a Lance Winters and quit on me altogether.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx