pessimistic
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Pessimistic forecasts of 6.0% and 5.5% not "out of the question", it says.
From Reuters • Mar. 30, 2023
Pessimistic estimates suggest that Russia might face six-figure numbers of daily new infections, according to Anna Popova, head of Russia’s public health agency Rospotrebnadzor.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2022
‘So given everything that’s happening, are you optimistic about real change? Pessimistic? Or is the verdict still out?”
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021
Pessimistic Knicks fans, who are legion, will note that the franchise hasn’t signed a marquee free agent since the oft-injured Amar’e Stoudemire came on board in 2010.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2019
A small but very important group of paintings, which I call "The Pessimistic Series," begins with "Life's Illusions," painted in 1849.
From Watts (1817-1904) by Hare, William Loftus
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