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negative
1: marked by denial, prohibition, or refusal <received a negative answer>2: marked by features (as hostility, withdrawal, or pessimism) that hinder or oppose constructive treatment or development <a negative outlook>3 a: being, relating to, or charged with electricity of which the electron is the elementary unit b: having more electrons than protons <negative ions> c (1): having lower electrical potential and constituting the part toward which the current flows from the external circuit <the negative pole> (2): being the electron-emitting electrode of an electron tube4 a: not affirming the presence of a condition, substance, or organism suspected to be present; also : having a test result indicating the absence especially of a condition, substance, or organism <she is HIV negative> b: directed or moving away from a source of stimulation <negative tropism>5: having the light and dark parts in approximately inverse relation to those of the original photographic subject
— neg·a·tive·ly adverb
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