Used with adjective complement

• become: In other words, as you go down the Group, the elements become less electronegative.

Modifies a noun

• atom: In the water molecule, the more electronegative oxygen atom is considered to gain both pairs of the bonding electrons with hydrogen.

• element: However, they don't form hydrogen bonds - they don't have a hydrogen atom directly attached to an electronegative element.

Modifying Another Word

• very: All of these particular cases contain a very electronegative element with an active lone pair of electrons - either oxygen or nitrogen.

• highly: Moreover, a covalent bond between two highly electronegative elements will clearly be strong.

Preposition: than

• hydrogen: The approaching chlorine atom is also slightly negative because it is more electronegative than hydrogen.

• carbon: The bond - on average - will look like this: Why is fluorine more electronegative than carbon?