non-negative

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non-negative

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From non- + negative.

adjective nonnegative

  1. not comparable Not negative. a non-negative self-evaluation
  2. not comparable Of an element of a partially ordered ring, either positive or zero; not negative; greater than or equal to zero. Distances are non-negative.
  3. not comparable Of a function, functional, etc. which has non-negative values over a particular domain D. For all x∈D, f(x)>0

Opposite: negative

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adjective

Opposite: negative

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adj not negative

Españolno negativo
日本語非負
Portuguêsnão negativo
Françaispositif
Deutschnichtnegativ
Italianonon negativo
Românănenegativ

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"non-negative." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/non-negative. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{non_negative_2026,
  title = {non-negative},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/non-negative},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}