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are downbeat
noun
The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke)
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Little wonder many people with disabilities are downbeat.
Her best songs are downbeat, pregnant with tamped-down feeling.
"I don't think we are downbeat about this," said one.
Experts are downbeat about the average high street's prospects over the next 12 months.
Affluent Americans are downbeat on the economy, and even though there's some consumer optimism, Americans are struggling to save.
Some Conservative MPs who have visited the constituency are downbeat, expressing concern that they have got the wrong candidate.
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His tone was downbeat.
Alpher is downbeat about Iran.
The current mood is downbeat.
It is easy to be downbeat.
It's not being downbeat.
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