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as in nos
a vote or decision against something
in the absence of an unambiguous negative from the commander, we decided to continue on the mission
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as in opposites
something that is as different as possible from something else
the desire to control another person is actually the negative of real love
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as in disadvantages
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
the main negative of this job is that I have to get up at 4:30 a.m.
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as in downs
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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as in denies
to declare not to be true
the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection
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as in refuses
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway
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as in offsets
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult
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as in rejects
to be unwilling to grant
ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan
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Recent Examples of negatives
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Analysts like him would pore over positive duplicates of negatives, examining them under a micro-stereoscope to see sites in three dimensions.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Fortunately, the negatives were stored far away in London.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Therefore, there is cherry picking for negatives (like unemployment) to foster a desire for lower rates.
—John S. Tobey, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
We're told that the film can be processed and the negatives can be scanned at most labs.
—New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Though some councilors plan to vote down the $1 billion data center because of the precedent to defer to Hart, others said the negatives of the Google data center outweigh the positives.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
While athletes reported more stress and were more likely to drink alcohol, Turgeon concluded that the positives outweighed the negatives.
—Jedediah Blanton, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2025
Renaldi captured them using eight-by-ten-inch negatives and an old-school view camera, with bellows, ground-glass screen, tripod, the works.
—Richard Renaldi, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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The analysts recognize the negatives but said their checks of Adobe’s enterprise customers were positive.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Analysts like him would pore over positive duplicates of negatives, examining them under a micro-stereoscope to see sites in three dimensions.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Fortunately, the negatives were stored far away in London.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Therefore, there is cherry picking for negatives (like unemployment) to foster a desire for lower rates.
—John S. Tobey, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
We're told that the film can be processed and the negatives can be scanned at most labs.
—New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Though some councilors plan to vote down the $1 billion data center because of the precedent to defer to Hart, others said the negatives of the Google data center outweigh the positives.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
While athletes reported more stress and were more likely to drink alcohol, Turgeon concluded that the positives outweighed the negatives.
—Jedediah Blanton, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2025
Renaldi captured them using eight-by-ten-inch negatives and an old-school view camera, with bellows, ground-glass screen, tripod, the works.
—Richard Renaldi, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negatives
Noun
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In yet another sweeping tale of two opposites finding common ground (and a lot of chemistry), Robert Redford starred as a hunter opposite Meryl Streep's aristocrat in what is now Kenya in the 1930s.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Speed and inclusion are not opposites.—
Rathi Murthy,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Imposing port fees on Chinese ships will not change these structural disadvantages.—
Dan Ikenson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Native Hawaiian community struggles with higher rates of poverty and incarceration, so Hawaiian children may have educational disadvantages.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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In between questions about Nineties cultural touchstones like Friends, Space Jam, Beavis and Butthead, the Spice Girls, and Sir-Mix-A-Lot — during which Kravitz racks up a lot of points and Butler downs a lot of shots — the pair also discusses working on Caught Stealing.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
20 Aug. 2025
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Trump denies any involvement in the note.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Cook, who denies any wrongdoing, is he first Black female Fed governor.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Although many philosophers and theologians accept mortality as an inevitable and indeed defining feature of human existence, Kurzweil refuses to accept this line of thinking.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Dusk refuses, choosing ruin instead.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Stroud’s tangible humility offsets his larger-than-life stature.—
Aaron Heisen,
Oc Register,
8 Sep. 2025
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While the scientists union agreed to a leave program this year that offsets their employees’ salary increases, next year’s raises, which range between 3% and 5%, will not be negated by an additional leave program.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But March’s family, which has seen their factory turned upside down by the ghost of a former employee, rejects the relationship.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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The seeds of bombs planted by soldiers long gone remain dormant but alive just beneath the surface and yet the land rejects them every day.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Tricolor’s filing said that its liabilities range between $1 billion and $10 billion, but also listed assets in the same range.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The agreement encompasses billions in cash and stock, in addition to SpaceX taking on some of EchoStar’s debt liabilities.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Negatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negatives. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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