not positive

Example Sentences

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Those optics are not positive for mainstream crypto adoption and could mark a new policy risk.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"It's good that exemptions are narrower than originally proposed, but this is still damage limitation, not positive leadership for nature," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

"Our position on Finland is positive, but it is not positive on Sweden," President Tayyip Erdogan said last week.

From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2023

All of a sudden, a history of this maternal energy, which James had told me was not positive for my character, just opened up for me in a way.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2022

In the beginning, the response was not positive.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell