Negative
//ˈnɛɡəʈɪv//
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The word "negative" can be used as adjective, noun, adjective, verb and intj.
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A negative HIV-negative Rh negative RhD negative Rhesus negative binegative body negative carbon negative connegative double negative electronegative false negative geonegative go negative gram-negative homonegative hypernegative immunonegative internegative multinegative neg-raising negamile negatival negativate negativation negative Nancy negative Ned negative Nelly negative atheist negative bath negative binomial distribution negative capability negative clause negative cost negative crystal negative cutter negative deficit negative edge negative edge-triggered negative energy negative equity negative eugenics negative feedback negative gearing negative growth negative hallucination negative harmony negative ice negative income tax negative indexing negative interest negative logic negative lookahead negative lookaround negative lookbehind negative majority negative number negative option negative pickup negative pion negative pledge negative polarity item negative pole negative pregnant negative pressure negative priming negative proof negative raising negative reinforcement negative repetition negative resolution negative sense negative side waterproofing negative space negative split negative theology negative training negative transfer negative utilitarian negative utilitarianism negative verb negative zero negative-edge-triggered negative-sum negatively negativeness negativer negativist negativistic negativity negativization negativize negatome negatrip negentropy non-negative orphaned negative photonegative polynegative pseudonegative seronegative sex-negative socionegative stereonegative task-negative triple negative breast cancer triple-negative breast cancer uninegative vironegative
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abo area avoid bad basic blood blood type bright cell characterize contraction contradict converse deny destructive difficult disagreeable disinclined disprove eccentric electrolytic electron emotion energy extend feeling hypothesis image ineffective left maximum metalloidal movement muscle negate negation negativism neutral neutralize nonmetallic painful pejoratively perform pessimistic phenotype photographic positive prohibition proposition quantity refusal relation rep reverse rh rhesus system right slowly thought undesirable unfavorable unfavourable unpleasant unsupportive unwanted veto voltaic weight
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