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Most doctors were pessimistic that a cure could be found.
The film gives a very pessimistic view of human nature.
He has an extremely negative and pessimistic attitude.
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However, in the country’s struggling manufacturing sector, businesses were less pessimistic about the future but viewed their current situation as markedly worse, noting a lack of new orders.
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Jenni Reid, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
Voters are pessimistic about the economy and the country
Overall, voters remain pessimistic about the state of the economy and the general direction of the country.
—Steve Peoples, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
And a disastrous buyers’ screening for 300 industry machers at Los Angeles’s Universal City Walk IMAX in March left distributors pessimistic about Megalopolis’s commercial prospects.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
Are Danes predisposed to pessimistic thinking about where we’re headed?
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
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Jenni Reid, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
Voters are pessimistic about the economy and the country
Overall, voters remain pessimistic about the state of the economy and the general direction of the country.
—Steve Peoples, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
And a disastrous buyers’ screening for 300 industry machers at Los Angeles’s Universal City Walk IMAX in March left distributors pessimistic about Megalopolis’s commercial prospects.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
Are Danes predisposed to pessimistic thinking about where we’re headed?
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Pessimistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pessimistic. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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pessimistic
adjective
pes·si·mis·tic
ˌpes-ə-ˈmis-tik 
: of, relating to, or marked by pessimism : gloomy
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