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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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However, not everyone reports negative experiences, with self-employed plumber Gavin Shopland describing his customers as "good as gold".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The new HHS initiative rightly recognizes the harms of overprescription and the potential for negative side effects from long-term psychiatric medication in young people.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

He insisted to Kavanaugh that any negative consequences of the ongoing conflict were already on the way out.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Two Singapore residents who had been on the ship tested negative for the disease but would remain in quarantine, the city state's authorities said Friday.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

I was moving at negative velocity going door-to-door.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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