N2191/1725

消しょう極きょく的てき

な adjectiveadjective (generic)

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しょうきょくてき

Meanings

negative, passive, half-hearted, unmotivated

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Example sentences

彼かれは何事なにごとにも消極的しょうきょくてきな態度たいどをとる。

He takes a passive attitude toward everything.

消極的しょうきょくてきにならずに、もっと積極的せっきょくてきに挑戦ちょうせんしてみてください。

Instead of being half-hearted, please try to take on challenges more proactively.

彼女かのじょの消極的しょうきょくてきな発言はつげんがチーム全体ぜんたいの士気しきを下さげてしまった。

Her negative remarks brought down the morale of the entire team.

新あたらしいプロジェクトに対たいして消極的しょうきょくてきだった彼かれも、説明せつめいを聞きいてやる気きになった。

Even he, who had been unmotivated about the new project, became eager after hearing the explanation.

経済けいざいが低迷ていめいしている時期じきには、企業きぎょうが投資とうしに消極的しょうきょくてきになる傾向けいこうがある。

During periods of economic stagnation, companies tend to become passive about investment.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)