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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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The down cycle of 2023 was particularly brutal, leaving Micron with a negative gross margin for four consecutive quarters.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The strategists said they are negative on European equities and underweight cyclicals versus defensives.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

The AI sector is facing a growing backlash over its potential negative impacts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“A lot of negative comments. Some of them were in fact insulting. It was as if I shot the family dog.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Descartes thought that these numbers were even worse than negative numbers; he came up with a scornful name for the square roots of negatives: imaginary numbers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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