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Moderatenegative
The correct spelling is negative.
How to pronounce negative
/ˈnɛ(e)ɡəˌɾɪv/
nounIPA: /ˈnɛ(e)ɡəˌɾɪv/
Say it like: Neg-ati-ve
The correct spelling is negative. Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto For example: "Customers didn’t like it: feedback was mostly negative."
Usage Examples
“Customers didn’t like it: feedback was mostly negative.”
“I don’t like to hang around him very much because he can be so negative about his petty problems.”
“The nitro group is negative.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto
- 2.A right of veto.
- 3.An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
- 4.(grammar) A word that indicates negation.
- 5.A negative quantity.
verb
- 1.To refuse; to veto.
- 2.To contradict.
- 3.To disprove.
- 4.To make ineffective; to neutralize.
adjective
- 1.Not positive nor neutral.
- 2.Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles
- 3.Of a number: less than zero
- 4.Denying a proposition.
- 5.Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
interjection
- 1.(signalling) An elaborate synonym for no.
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