Negative
- Not positive nor neutral.
- (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.]
- (mathematics) Of a number: less than zero
- (weather) Less than zero degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.
- (linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition. Antonym: affirmative
- Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
- (often used pejoratively) Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
- Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
- (chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
- (New Age jargon, derogatory) Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.
- Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
- (slang) HIV negative.
- (slang) COVID-19 negative.
- (hyperbolic) No, not any, zero.
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