negative

IPA: nˈɛgʌtɪv

Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto
An unfavorable point or characteristic.
(law) A right of veto.
(photography) An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
(grammar) A word that indicates negation.
(mathematics) A negative quantity.
(weightlifting) A repetition performed with a weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.
The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
(logic) A statement that something didn’t happen or doesn’t exist.

Not positive nor neutral.
(physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles
(mathematics) Of a number: less than zero
(weather) Less than zero degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.
(linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition.
Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
(often used pejoratively) Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
(chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
(New Age jargon, derogatory) Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.
Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
(slang) HIV negative.
(slang) COVID-19 negative.
(hyperbolic) No, not any, zero.

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