Sentence examples for more pessimistic as from inspiring English sources

The OBR builds in more pessimistic as well as more optimistic outturns, and it calculates that there is a 55 per cent chance of the Government meeting its fiscal targets.

"I was more pessimistic as an adolescent in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which informed my work.

However, their applicability has recently been seen more pessimistic as they may induce new load peaks due to herding effects.

Thatcher's talent and drive caused her to be mentioned as a future Prime Minister in her early 20s although she herself was more pessimistic, stating as late as 1970 that "There will not be a woman prime minister in my lifetime the male population is too prejudiced".

In Europe and America, the attitudes of the elite are roughly in line with or slightly more pessimistic than society as a whole.In fairness, the "new happiness" economists, such as Mr Layard, never claimed there was no connection at all between money and feeling good.

But in a $16 trillion economy, that's just not a big deal — and even if you make more pessimistic assumptions, as some but not all accountants say you should, it still isn't a big deal.

That was a clear message to the Italian news media, which has been quite a bit more pessimistic lately as Lippi has stuck by many of the men who helped Italy to its 2006 World Cup title (with a bit of help from Zinédine Zidane's rash head butt).

Christianity is thus considerably more pessimistic than secular humanism, as well as immeasurably more optimistic.

It seems like the trend has been toward a more pessimistic outlook, at least as far as interpreting a message is concerned.

Many private-sector forecasters are more pessimistic, expecting a contraction of as much as 2 percent in the euro zone's gross domestic product this year, after a 0.9 percent contraction last year.

Artists are widely supposed to become more pessimistic and resigned as they grow older, but Mr. Godard has moved in the opposite direction: as he ages, his work becomes more playful and conceptual, more casual and even more frivolous (in "Detective," perhaps even to a fault).