negatiivinen — meaning in English
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English meaning
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
- prep Reduced by; with a certain amount subtracted.
- noun A drawback or disadvantage.
- adj Negative, or below a given value.
negative — full definition
- adj Expressing disapproval, pessimism, or something undesirable.
- adj Below zero, or showing that a test did not detect what it was checking for.
- noun An unfavourable point, or (in photography) an image with reversed colours/tones.