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negative-sum

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
neg-a-tive--sum
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a situation in which there is a net loss.

Frequently Paired Words

zero-sum

Antonyms

positive-sum

Questions

What does negative-sum mean?
Of a situation in which there is a net loss.

How to pronounce negative-sum

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