negative
Example Sentences
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India’s market lagged behind in 2025 due to the negative impact of U.S. tariffs, sluggish economic growth, and investors’ reallocation of assets to China.
From Barron's
"The amount of unforced errors is the biggest negative. We made too many mistakes. When we were up there we lacked the cutting edge on the day."
From Barron's
But using social media to connect to people you don’t know tends to be more linked to negative feelings, like loneliness.
That negative is massively outweighed by his ability to take wickets.
From BBC
There are only four negative marks on the table below, a testament to investors’ much-better-than-average year.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.