pessimistic
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Besides Optimus Prime, one of Cullen’s favorite roles was Eeyore, the endearing but pessimistic donkey from “Winnie the Pooh.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
While the company’s stock has dropped some 70% from its June 2024 peak, 62% of analysts still are advising investors to hold the stock, according to FactSet, though by Wall Street standards that’s still pessimistic.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Many within Hong Kong's bookselling industry have grown pessimistic.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"I asked about my home. They told me it is totally destroyed, but we did not get pessimistic because we're happy to return, and when we get there we'll see what we can do."
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
He might have had the bad luck to catch the only pessimistic scientist on TV.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Vocabulary lists containing pessimistic
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