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Negative

adjective

1.

Characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features. "A colorless negative personality" , "A negative evaluation" , "A negative reaction to an advertising campaign" Antonyms: neutral, positive.

2.

Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial. Antonym: affirmative.

3.

Having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant. "Delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"

4.

Not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition. Synonym: disconfirming. Antonym: positive.

5.

Reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive. Antonym: positive.

6.

Less than zero.

7.

Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions. Synonym: damaging.

8.

Having a negative charge. Synonyms: electronegative, negatively charged.

9.

Involving disadvantage or harm. Synonym: minus.

noun

1.

A reply of denial. Antonym: affirmative.

2.

A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed.

verb

(past & past part. negatived; pres. part. negativing)

1.

Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent. Synonyms: blackball, veto.

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... highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base. Over the past decade, however, the country has suffered recurring economic problems of inflation, external debt, capital flight, and budget deficits. Growth in 2000 was a negative 0.8%, as both domestic and foreign investors remained skeptical of the government's ability to pay debts and maintain the peso's fixed exchange rate with the US dollar. The economic situation worsened in 2001 with the widening of spreads on Argentine bonds, massive ...

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