negative - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • outweigh: Having watched him week in, week out I know that the positives outweigh the negatives.

Adjective modifier

  • false: They also produce some ' false negatives ' with supposed antidepressant drugs ' .
  • original: Copy photographs can be made if the original is out of copyright and the original negative is not held elsewhere.

Modifies a noun

  • impact: World War I had a generally negative impact on Honduras.
  • attitude: However some negative attitudes have also been reported in previous studies.
  • equity: The only thing worse than having negative equity on your house is having negative equity on two houses!
  • effect: Divorce Virginia... can lessen the negative effects of divorce on children.
  • consequence: The negative consequences of this proposal would be dire for the extensive sheep industry.
  • connotation: The word ' heritage ' often carries this negative connotation, which is why it has not been much used in this paper.

Modifying Another Word

  • overwhelmingly: The second chart has a slightly debilitated Mercury in an overwhelmingly negative chart, with the Moon applying by opposition.
  • predominantly: We cannot, however, help people who have predominantly negative symptoms, or who are not distressed by their symptoms.
  • potentially: The proposed reorganization of the news bulletins has potentially negative consequences for regional output.

Noun used with modifier

  • collodion: PSS Exhibition - 1864 John Pouncy's entries in the PSS 9th Exhibition in December 1864 were all collodion negatives.
  • nitrate: A further series of experiments are in progress to calculate our numbers of nitrate negatives.
  • glass: The Photographic Archive was founded in 1976 with a priceless gift of over 6000 glass plate negatives.
  • plate: The Photographic Archive was founded in 1976 with a priceless gift of over 6000 glass plate negatives.

Used with adjective complement

  • prove: Further tests were carried out at the World Championships, again all proved negative.
  • test: Those sheep who tested negative on the perimeter can then be moved to secure farms.
  • come: But he went for a test and it came back negative.
  • confirm: These are: Sample now non-reactive in the current screening assay at the Transfusion Center, and confirmed negative at the designated reference laboratory.

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