"pessimistic answer" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to an answer or response that displays a negative or cynical outlook on a situation. Example: When asked about the state of the economy, the economist gave a pessimistic answer, predicting a recession in the near future.
The pessimistic answer is that it cannot do more.
But the pessimistic answer is that a schism looms; that the crack between Labour's old industrial heartlands and its liberal urban playgrounds is getting too wide to paper over.
London School of Economics housing professor Christine Whitehead has summed up the pessimistic answer: Sadiq Khan's pledge to make 50% of homes developed "affordable" would result in an initial fall in development activity and would make many sites financially unviable.
This offers a partial and pessimistic answer to the UK's high-profile productivity puzzle: it may be that productivity growth didn't suddenly fall off a cliff in 2008, it was actually weaker than it appeared all along.
A number of strong correlations have been observed between negative attitudes towards prisoners and more pessimistic and punitive answers to general questions about prisoners, crime and punishment.
At my most pessimistic, I worry that the answer is no: America's lead is too entrenched to be overturned short of the sort of catastrophic continent-wide wars that led to the last rebalancing of worldwide technological leadership.
Well, here is our answer: There is nothing more pessimistic than saying that America can't do better.
This kind of cheerleading might work for some people, but for an inveterately pessimistic half-Brit, it wasn't the answer.
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren't pessimistic, you don't understand the data.
One answer is surely Kennan's inordinately pessimistic assessment of human capabilities to effect change on a grand scale.
She had grown pessimistic that the standard model was the right answer.
