Sentence examples for given negative connotations from inspiring English sources
Now before you freak out, remember that the word "bacteria" has been given negative connotations by the Purell-fueled paranoia of the germ police.
Prosecutors, defense attorneys and Judge Leibovitz also engaged in a lengthy discussion outside of the presence of the jury about the use of the term "antifa," which defense attorneys worried would give negative connotations to the jury.
"Parents might fail to notice that the initials they are about to give a child could have negative connotations.
We're happy to give people labels, including ourselves, but we rarely stop to think about what those labels mean, especially when they can have negative connotations.
Rent seeking behavior, although often given purely negative connotations because it is associated with activities like regulatory capture, can have a useful function, such as building a trusted brand name to earn loyalty with customers.
The very conceptualization of our loss of corporeal control as our "animal nature," with the latter term given purely negative connotations, is itself an animal metaphor that may be culturally specific.
