Negative means Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like positive or destructive.
Negative in a sentence
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Negative meaning
- Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
- Of a number: less than zero.
Synonyms of Negative
Example sentences (20)
Apartment Investment and Management had a negative return on equity of 1.91% and a negative net margin of 120.13%.
Economic realities contribute to negative attitudes, and negative attitudes shape how the economy is perceived.
Caldwell Partners International had a negative net margin of 2.45% and a negative return on equity of 7.01%.
For free cash flow, we expect between negative $39 million and negative $29 million in the fourth quarter.
But also, there was some negative mix, on a one-year basis, there was a lot of negative mix on alcohol.
Forum Energy Technologies had a negative return on equity of 9.47% and a negative net margin of 0.46%.
Innergex Renewable Energy had a negative net margin of 6.99% and a negative return on equity of 4.72%.
American Superconductor had a negative return on equity of 17.64% and a negative net margin of 12.12%.
First Quantum Minerals had a negative return on equity of 14.87% and a negative net margin of 24.07%.
Food inflation reduced to negative 14.5 per cent and non-food inflation dropped to negative 4.2 per cent, reflecting weak demand.
Frequency Electronics had a negative return on equity of 14.68% and a negative net margin of 13.49%.
Credo Technology Group had a negative return on equity of 3.74% and a negative net margin of 12.05%.
Tarena International had a negative net margin of 1.68% and a negative return on equity of 0.46%.
Big 5 Sporting Goods had a negative net margin of 1.82% and a negative return on equity of 6.26%.
A year ago, Switzerland drew international headlines for its unusual policy of maintaining negative interest rates — at negative 0.75%.
Operating cash flow, for instance, went from negative $146.9 million to negative $26.7 million.
Ascent Industries had a negative net margin of 6.89% and a negative return on equity of 12.99%.
Big Rock Brewery had a negative return on equity of 18.76% and a negative net margin of 11.07%.
Sypris Solutions had a negative return on equity of 10.27% and a negative net margin of 1.68%.
Aeries Technology had a negative net margin of 3.60% and a negative return on equity of 3.80%.
Phrases with negative
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Common combinations with negative
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and negative 142×
- had negative 134×
- negative net 132×
- negative return 131×
- negative million 18×
- of negative 12×
- negative and 10×
- to negative 10×
- the negative 8×
- was negative 8×
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