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Synonyms for negative

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for negative

tending to discourage, retard, or make more difficult

to prevent or forbid authoritatively

to refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of

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Synonyms for negative

a reply of denial

a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance

expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant

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not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

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less than zero

designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

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having a negative charge

involving disadvantage or harm

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[IC.sub.50] value ([micro]g/ml) Leishmania Leishmania Leishmania Tripanosoma Metabolite braziliensis donovani amazonensis cruzi 1 NEG NEG NEG NEG 2 NEG NEG NEG NEG 3 NEG NEG NEG NEG 4 26.7 NEG 40.0 26.7 5 NEG NEG NEG NEG 6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 7 10 40 26.7 26.7 Chloroquine -- -- -- -- Chlorambucil Pentamidine 5 5 5 5 [IC.sub.50] value [IC.sub.50] value ([micro]g/ml) ([micro]M) Metabolite Plasmodium falciparum P-388 1 NEG NEG 2 NEG NEG 3 3.6 76 4 NEG 51 5 NEG NEG 6 NEG 34 7 NEG 57 Chloroquine 0.015 -- Chlorambucil 31.5 Pentamidine -- -- Table 2.
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Property development company PMG Estates has praised an insurance broker in its recent successful bid for the former Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) site in Cardiff Bay.
The takeover had been seen as a reprieve for crisis-hit NEG Ltd, which announced last October that it would close with the loss of 400 jobs.