Examples of pessimistic in a Sentence
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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Meanwhile, voters are pessimistic about the country's trajectory.
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
Younger Americans tend to have lower confidence in Social Security, with Americans in their 30s being the most pessimistic, the survey found.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 24 July 2025
Besides being unduly pessimistic, this makes personal assumptions about the terms of the separation and the feelings of the former employee.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
The team found that only pairs consisting of two optimistic participants had similar brain activation; pairs where one or both participants were more pessimistic were dissimilar to each other.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 21 July 2025
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
Younger Americans tend to have lower confidence in Social Security, with Americans in their 30s being the most pessimistic, the survey found.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 24 July 2025
Besides being unduly pessimistic, this makes personal assumptions about the terms of the separation and the feelings of the former employee.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
The team found that only pairs consisting of two optimistic participants had similar brain activation; pairs where one or both participants were more pessimistic were dissimilar to each other.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 21 July 2025
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“Pessimistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pessimistic. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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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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