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negative

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UK /ˈneɡətɪv/US /ˈneɡətɪv/
adjective

bad or harmful

noun

a word or statement that means ‘no’; an act of refusing to do something or of denying something

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Sentence 73 · Pro
The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED
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negatives, of difference, of darkness, of people who, in the words of the wonderful poet Rudyard Kipling, are "half devil, half child."

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Um, I didn't have any money—in fact, I had negative money.

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