negative

adjective/ˈnɛɡətɪv/

Frequency rank: #1,264 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Bad or harmful; or showing that something is not present.

Illustration for the English word “negative”

Example sentence

The doctor said the test results were negative, which means no issues were found.

Synonyms & related words

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