negative in English

adjective

1

consisting in or characterized by the absence rather than the presence of distinguishing features.

The records of her transaction, and loan would have been available and in their absence I draw a negative inference.

2

(of a person, attitude, or situation) not desirable or optimistic.

the new tax was having a very negative effect on car sales

synonyms: pessimistic, defeatist, gloomy, cynical, fatalistic, dismissive, antipathetic, critical, unenthusiastic, uninterested, unresponsive, harmful, bad, adverse, damaging, detrimental, unfavorable, disadvantageous

3

(of a quantity) less than zero; to be subtracted from others or from zero.

The Arabs did not know about the advances of the Hindus so they had neither negative quantities nor abbreviations for their unknowns.

4

of, containing, producing, or denoting the kind of electric charge carried by electrons.

Each electron carries one unit of negative charge, and there is the same number of electrons as protons, so the atom as a whole is electrically neutral.

5

(of a photographic image) showing light and shade or colors reversed from those of the original.

Some monk drew a perfect photographic negative image, is that what you want us to believe?

6

relating to or denoting any of the earth or water signs, considered passive in nature.

Any negative matter on the earth would have fallen up billions of years ago, making the earth devoid of any negative matter.

noun

1

a word or statement that expresses denial, disagreement, or refusal.

she replied in the negative

synonyms: “no”, refusal, rejection, veto, dissension, contradiction, denial, thumbs-down

2

a photographic image made on film or specially prepared glass that shows the light and shade or color values reversed from the original, and from which positive prints can be made.

Up until this point I have been using Kodak film and having my negatives printed off and enlarging and framing them.

3

a result of a test or experiment indicating that a certain substance is not present or a certain condition does not exist.

the percentage of false negatives generated by a cancer test was of great concern

4

the part of an electric circuit that is at a lower electrical potential than another part designated as having zero electrical potential.

Welding is done with direct current, electrode negative (straight polarity).

5

a number less than zero.

Of course the problem which arises when one tries to consider zero and negatives as numbers is how they interact in regard to the operations of arithmetic, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

verb

1

reject; refuse to accept; veto.

the bill was negatived by 130 votes to 129

2

render ineffective; neutralize.

should criminal law allow consent to negative what would otherwise be a crime?

exclamation

1

no (usually used in a military context).

“Any snags, Captain?” “Negative, she's running like clockwork.”

adjective

opposing, opposed, contrary, anti-, dissenting, saying “no”, in the negative
pessimistic, defeatist, gloomy, cynical, fatalistic, dismissive, antipathetic, critical, unenthusiastic, uninterested, unresponsive
harmful, bad, adverse, damaging, detrimental, unfavorable, disadvantageous
damaging
electronegative
minus

noun

“no”
“no”, refusal, rejection, veto, dissension, contradiction, denial, thumbs-down

verb

veto
veto, blackball

Use "negative" in a sentence

1. Negative 7 times 2 is negative 14, so I'll have a coefficient of negative 14.

2. Tattling is a negative word with negative connotations.

3. Negative search: Improvements to the accuracy of negative search.

4. Negative Dialectics,

5. Everything's negative.

6. Logarithms can't be negative, whereas Antilogarithms can have negative values

7. Anxieties are thoughts, tinged fear, negative feelings, and negative expectations

8. Counteract Negative Feelings

9. Baking, negative exact

10. A.N.A. was negative.

11. Test was negative.

12. Limit Negative Material.

13. An Averment that is negative in form is called a negative Averment

14. We know that a horizontal Asymptote as x approaches positive or negative infinity is at negative one, y equals negative one

15. A Clipper circuit that removes the negative half cycle is called negative Clipper

16. P6 Elevation – P2 Elevation = Positive or Negative Value Positive = Backwatered Negative = Not Backwatered

17. So this is all in terms of negative motivation, or eliminating negative motivation.

18. Your negative are bad.

19. Negative damage reported, Captain.

20. Initiating negative pressure test.

21. Let's check the negative.

22. It's my negative pole.

23. Are Coagulase-negative organisms

24. Negative helm control, Captain.

25. Epidermidis) are Coagulase negative.

26. Another negative pressure test.

27. the OIEELISANSS diluted 1/10 in negative milk must always give a negative reaction;

28. (b) the OIEELISANSS diluted 1/10 in negative milk must always give a negative reaction;

29. But then for negative values, the absolute value of x is equal to negative x.

30. For the problem the negative gate drive adopted , but thethe general negative charge pump circuit.

31. (b) the OIEELISANSS diluted 1/10 in negative milk should always give a negative reaction;

32. What are Coagulase-negative staphylococci?

33. LP was negative for encephalitis.

34. Negative on parvovirus B-19.

35. Well, we learned from the negative exponent module that that is equal to negative two.

36. Always with the negative waves!

37. Congestionner - Imperative (Commands) Positive Negative

38. Negative for Coxsackie " B " virus.

39. Negative thought energies Nutritional deficiency

40. You can't upload negative values.

41. that's a negative, ice veins.

42. The adrenomyeloneuropathy test was negative.

43. This is an exact negative.

44. And the negative exemplar shows stronger effect on the positive target than on the negative one.

45. What inequality do we need here then, in between the negative 1 and the negative 2?

46. Sort of a double negative.

47. She's negative for myelomatous meningitis.

48. ANA for lupus, also negative.

49. And PCH antigen is negative.

50. The tests came back negative!