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Discover LudwigThe phrase "adverse connotations" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing negative implications or associations that a word, phrase, or concept may carry.
Example: "The term 'cheap' often has adverse connotations, suggesting poor quality or inferiority."
Alternatives: "negative implications" or "unfavorable associations".
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What he doesn't like about the bar group's resolution, he said, "is that it again reinforces the perception that being a lobbyist and being registered as a lobbyist has adverse connotations rather than positive ones".
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Previous studies supported the above connotation on the adverse ecological impacts of Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus camaldulensis in the study site.
We selected the term "adverse occurrence" to avoid the connotation of blame often associated with the term "complication".
Swedes attach negative connotations to jantelagen and believe it to have an adverse influence on creativity.
Bare or partially vegetated sand still is often perceived in a managerial sense as adverse because it is linked directly to erosion which carries a negative connotation.
Its title had two connotations.
Adverse publicity?
And remember, connotations evolve.
Not very nice connotations.
Because umlauts have connotations.
"All words have connotations".
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