double negative in English
In some English dialects, after all, a double negative reinforces a negative, it doesn't negate it.
Use "double negative" in a sentence
1. Sort of a double negative.
2. “Busywork has a double negative impact,” she says
3. Indexable double-negative cutting insert having protruding side abutment surfaces and cutting tool
4. 28 The phrase 'a not unfamiliar situation' is an example of a double negative.
5. Usage Note: The idiomatic phrase Cannot but has sometimes been criticized as a double negative, perhaps because it has been confused with can but.
6. No Wise (In), Anywise (In) :1: a double negative, strongly expressing a negation, is translated in no wise in Mat 5:18, 20, RV (AV, in no case); Mat 10:42;
7. Double Negative also advanced the Death Eaters' smoke effects, with the introduction of the 'flayed man' stage in between their smokey, fluid, flying state and their live-action presence upon landing.