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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a distinctly negative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is clearly or obviously negative in nature or effect.
Example: "The report presented a distinctly negative outlook on the company's future performance."
Alternatives: "a clearly negative" or "an unmistakably negative".
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Growing up in the '60s and '70s, Florida developed a distinctly negative impression of Brooklyn.
However, a continuation of higher oil prices could have a distinctly negative effect on prospects for global growth".
There's a term for this in the medical literature — clinical inertia — a term with a distinctly negative connotation.
His presidency has introduced a distinctly negative tone toward Russia, amplified by a contentious espionage dispute and policy debates that seem headed toward a significant downgrading of relations.
The online tropes that stuck to Clinton were, on the whole, positive, while the moments associated with Trump had a distinctly negative cast.
The cracker-barrel view of the 1960s is of a glossy, fluffy, upbeat pop time but, like many records released in that decade and during 1966 in particular, Happy New Year partakes of a distinctly negative, if not hostile, spirit.
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During and after World War II it turned distinctly negative, a way for outsiders to make sense of the singularity of Germany's crimes.
But when we looked at other at either East Asian or at Latino folks who were describing their childhood nicknames, they had a distinctly more negative flavor.
The resultant effect is distinctly negative on the Island as a whole.
Now even the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, America's main markets watchdog, says they have shed their "distinctly negative connotation" and may be a force for good by helping improve how public companies are run.
A5 Anti-U.S. Moods Abating The anti-Americanism that surged through much of the world over the war in Iraq shows signs of abating, although distinctly negative views persist in the Muslim world, an international opinion poll indicates.
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