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People and culture

I wonder whether
adjectives can

portray negative
qualities.

Negative adjectives can be formed by adding prefixes such as:
un- dis- im-/in-/il-/ir *bi- *non-

Examples:

Prefix Examples
un- uncomfortable, unjust, unfortunate

dis- disloyal, dishonest, dissimilar

im-/in-/il-/ir immature, inconvenient, illegal, irresponsible
bi bilingual, biangular, biracial

non- non-fiction, non-neutral, non-political

*note that some adjectives with prefixes are not negative

1. Irresponsible drivers are the cause of many road accident.

2. I am ashamed of the unjust law in our country.

3. David own a bilingual dictionary that costs more than RM50.