سَالِب adj (of electrical charge)
سَالِب adj (of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours and relations are reversed)
سَالِب adj (chemistry: metalloidal; nonmetallic)
سَلْبِيّ adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)

Armenian

4 entries

բացասական adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
բացասական adj (of electrical charge)
բացասական adj (mathematics: less than zero)
ժխտական adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

inkar adj (linguistics: denying a proposition)
mənfi adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
mənfi adj (of electrical charge)
mənfi adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Basque

2 entries

ezkor adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negatibo adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Belarusian

2 entries

адмо́ўны adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
нэгаты́ўны adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

नकारात्मक adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)

Bulgarian

4 entries

негати́вен adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
негативен adj (of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours and relations are reversed)
отрица́телен adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
отрицателен adj (of electrical charge)

Catalan

4 entries

estrictament negatiu adj (mathematics: less than zero)
negatiu adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negatiu adj (of electrical charge)
negatiu adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

否定的 adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
消極 /消极 adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
負 /负 adj (mathematics: less than zero)
底片 noun (photography)

Czech

4 entries

negativní adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
záporný adj (of electrical charge)
záporný adj (mathematics: less than zero)
negativ noun (photography)

Danish

3 entries

negativ adj (of electrical charge)
negativ adj (mathematics: less than zero)
negativ adj (pessimistic)

Dutch

4 entries

min adj (mathematics: less than zero)
negatie adj (linguistics: denying a proposition)
negatief adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negatief adj (of electrical charge)

Esperanto

1 entries

negativa adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)

Finnish

4 entries

kielteinen adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
kielteinen adj (linguistics: denying a proposition)
kielteinen adj (pessimistic)
kieltävä adj (linguistics: denying a proposition)

French

4 entries

négatif adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
négatif adj (of electrical charge)
négatif adj (linguistics: denying a proposition)
strictement négatif adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Galician

2 entries

negativo adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negativo adj (of electrical charge)

Georgian

4 entries

ნეგატიური adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
უარყოფითი adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
უარყოფითი adj (of electrical charge)
უარყოფითი adj (mathematics: less than zero)

German

4 entries

negativ adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negativ adj (of electrical charge)
Negativ noun (photography)
Negativfilm noun (photography)

Greek

3 entries

αρνητικός adj (mathematics: less than zero)
αρνητικός adj (linguistics: denying a proposition)
αρνητικό noun (photography)

Hebrew

4 entries

שלילי adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
שלילי adj (of electrical charge)
שלילית adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
שלילית adj (of electrical charge)

Hindi

1 entries

नकारात्मक adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)

Hungarian

3 entries

negatív adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negatív adj (of electrical charge)
negatív noun (photography)

Icelandic

3 entries

negatífur adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
neikvæður adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
neikvæður adj (of electrical charge)

Indonesian

1 entries

negatif noun (photography)

Irish

4 entries

diúltach adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
diúltach adj (of electrical charge)
claonchló noun (photography)
diúltach noun (grammar: word that indicates negation)

Italian

4 entries

negativo adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negativo adj (of electrical charge)
negativa noun (photography)
negativa noun (grammar: word that indicates negation)

Japanese

4 entries

否定の adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
否定的な adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
負 adj (mathematics: less than zero)
うちけし noun (grammar: word that indicates negation)

Kazakh

2 entries

негативті adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
негативтік adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)

Korean

2 entries

소극적인 adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
음 adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Māori

2 entries

tōraro adj (of electrical charge)
tūwhakakāhore noun (grammar: word that indicates negation)

Norwegian

2 entries

negativ adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negativ adj (of electrical charge)

Persian

1 entries

منفی adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Polish

4 entries

negatywny adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negatywny adj (linguistics: denying a proposition)
negatywny adj (pessimistic)
negatywowy adj (of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours and relations are reversed)

Portuguese

4 entries

negativo adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negativo adj (of electrical charge)
negativo adj (mathematics: less than zero)
negativo adj (linguistics: denying a proposition)

Russian

4 entries

негати́вный adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
отрица́тельный adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
отрица́тельный adj (of electrical charge)
отрица́тельный adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Slovak

4 entries

negatívny adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negatívny adj (mathematics: less than zero)
negatívny adj (pessimistic)
negatívny adj (of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours and relations are reversed)

Spanish

4 entries

negación adj (linguistics: denying a proposition)
negativo adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negativo adj (of electrical charge)
negativo adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Swedish

4 entries

negativ adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negativ adj (of electrical charge)
negativ adj (mathematics: less than zero)
negativ noun (photography)

Tagalog

1 entries

baling adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Telugu

1 entries

ఋణాత్మక adj (of electrical charge)

Thai

1 entries

ลบ adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Turkish

4 entries

eksi adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
menfi adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
negatif adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
olumsuz adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)

Ukrainian

2 entries

від'є́мний adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
негати́вний adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)

Vietnamese

4 entries

phủ định adj (linguistics: denying a proposition)
tiêu cực adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)
âm adj (of electrical charge)
âm adj (mathematics: less than zero)

Welsh

1 entries

negyddol adj (not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable)

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Some people argue that technology has negative effects.

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Debate is an academic game between the affirmative and the negative.

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The result of the tuberculin test was negative.

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The economy recorded a negative growth.

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