Definition: 1. A reply of denial. 2. A piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed. 3. Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent. 4. Characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features. 5. Reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive. 6. Having a negative electric charge.
Use 'negative' in a sentence:
1. Next time you have a problem, think about how you can improve the situation instead of dwelling on all the negative aspects.
2. When asked for your views about your current job, on no account must you be negative.
3. Upon a negative decision, the applicant loses the protection offered by Belgian law.
4. Those are all pretty negative adjectives.
5. The Tory response to that was negative.
6. Take two coloured pens and underline the positive and negative words.
7. Let's not finish on a negative note, though.
8. Why does the media present such a negative view of this splendid city?
9. Perhaps there is a negative side to his character that you haven't seen yet.
10. Some jobs are quite likely to have a negative spillover into family life.
11. Consumers generally place more weight on negative information than on the positive when deciding what to buy.
12. Scientists have a fairly negative attitude to the theory.
13. Human brains tend to dwell on negative events.
14. 'I went' in the negative is 'I did not go'.
15. Call it the power of negative thinking.
16. It's just one of those words that's got so many negative connotations.
17. You must not view what happened in a negative light.
18. He called for a clean fight in the election and an end to "negative campaigning."
19. I selected two negatives to print from.
20. We're glad if our music makes a strong impression, even if it's a negative one.
21. Don't think too much about the negative things.
22. It will have no negative impact on work.
23. The news from overseas is overwhelmingly negative.
24. Negative events often hurt people deeply.
25. It tended to intensify negative emotions.
26. It may filter our negative impressions of others.
27. So far 57 have taken the test and all have been negative.
28. She answered in the negative.
29. Being unemployed produces negative attitudes to work.
30. They have strong negative emotions towards math.
31. All this had an extremely negative effect on the criminal justice system.
32. Dr. Velayati gave a vague but negative response.
33. His response was negative.
34. The Council answered those questions in the negative.
35. The percentage of false negatives generated by the cancer test is of great concern.
36. The weakest students can end up with a negative score.
37. Her pregnancy test was negative.
38. Try not to let negative thoughts take over.
39. They received a negative reply.
40. Unfortunately, his idea of bold journalism was a hatchet job, portraying the staff in a negative light.
41. The spread of democracy in Eastern Europe appears to have had negative as well as positive consequences.
42. All too often it is only the negative images of Ireland that are portrayed, colouring opinions and hiding the true nature of the country.
43. It's really a simple numbers game with negative and positive numbers.
44. Difficult texts record a positive score and simple ones score negative numbers.
45. Positive and negative experiences form a child's character.
46. The whole experience was definitely more positive than negative.
47. Stimulate the site of greatest pain with a small negative current.
48. Negative emotions focus our awareness.
49. The crisis had a negative effect on trade.
50. Printing a black-and-white negative on to colour paper produces a similar monochrome effect.
