negative

1. Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.

   The high exchange rate will have a negative effect on our profits.

   Customers didn’t like it: feedback was mostly negative.

   negativ

   отрица́тельныйotricátelʹnyj, негати́вныйnegatívnyj

   від'є́мнийvidʺjémnyj, негати́внийnehatývnyj

2. Of a number: less than zero.

   less than zero

3. Of a number: less than zero.

   Less than zero degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.

   I was out in negative weather today.

   negativ

   отрица́тельныйotricátelʹnyj

4. Of a test result: not positive, not detected.

   negative detection of.

5. Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

   negativ

   отрица́тельныйotricátelʹnyj

6. Denying a proposition; negating a concept.

7. (often)Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.

   I don’t like to hang around him very much because he can be so negative about his petty problems.

8. Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.

9. Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

   The nitro group is negative.

10. (New Age, derogatory, jargon)Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.

11. Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.

    characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features

12. (slang)HIV negative.

    having a negative charge

1. Don't be so negative.

   Не будь таким негативним. — deniko

   deSei nicht so negativ. — mauersegler

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2. The results are negative.

   Результати негативні. — Anjy

   ruРезультаты отрицательные. — marafon

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3. The lower your self-esteem, the more you tend to focus on negative things.

   Чим нижча твоя самооцінка, тим більше ти схильний концентруватися на негативі. — deniko

   ruЧем ниже ваша самооценка, тем больше вы склонны концентрироваться на негативных вещах. — villard85

   deJe niedriger das Selbstwertgefühl, desto mehr gibt man sich mit negativen Sachen ab. — raggione

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4. Why are you being so negative?

   ruПочему вы так негативно настроены? — marafon

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5. I don't want to be negative.

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