negatived

past tense of negative
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as in dismissed
to reject by or as if by a vote although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negatived
Verb
  • Spurs have, for now, dismissed takeover talk.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • His previous criminal history includes two violations of an abuse prevention order and a charge of destruction of property, all of which have been dismissed.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mace's former fiancé denied the accusations.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Caracas has denied this repeatedly.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In one practice, McCarthy refused to throw an easy short pass and opted instead to throw a deeper-developing route.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While there was plenty of blame to go around following the Giants' 21-6 loss, head coach Brian Daboll seemingly refused to point the finger at Wilson despite his underwhelming performance.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An individual’s positive contributions such as steady employment, volunteer work, military service, long-term residence, and yes, tax compliance being expressly mentioned, can now be marshaled to offset negative incidents.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The product launches demonstrate how Europe’s legacy manufacturers are taking the fight to their Chinese rivals, in a bid to both retain market share in the European Union and offset declining sales in China, the world’s largest car market.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The club rejected her for lack of record.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Combine uneven play with 11 penalties and that’s a cocktail even the Florida student section nauseously rejected.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez vetoed that opposition vote, and the building was designated historic.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But Polis vetoed it, in part because of Uber’s threat to leave.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Other organizations and scientists have refuted the DOE’s review, including the American Meteorological Society, which highlighted further flaws in the report and urged a correction of the findings by the agency.
    Connor Greene, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Both Kraft and Goodell have refuted the claim.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On the Republican side, many politicos were thrown for another loop when Attorney General Brenna Bird declined to run for the GOP nomination.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Note that the relative strength indicator has declined from late 2024 to the present – heading in the opposite direction of the price.
    John Navin, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Negatived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negatived. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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