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negatiivinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • minus prep Reduced by; with a certain amount subtracted.
  • negative adj Expressing disapproval, pessimism, or something undesirable.

Senses

negatiivinen is used for these senses in English:

  • minus Being a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction. [from 18th c.]
  • negative Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
  • negative (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.]
  • negative (often used pejoratively) Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.

minus — full definition

  1. prep Reduced by; with a certain amount subtracted.
  2. noun A drawback or disadvantage.
  3. adj Negative, or below a given value.

negative — full definition

  1. adj Expressing disapproval, pessimism, or something undesirable.
  2. adj Below zero, or showing that a test did not detect what it was checking for.
  3. noun An unfavourable point, or (in photography) an image with reversed colours/tones.

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