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What does pessimistic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
  2. Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
  3. (computing) Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it.
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But we must allow for the possibility that the more pessimistic forecasts are right.
But they also tend to give a misleadingly pessimistic account of the information we receive and of conflict and its resolution.
We can only hope that the projection does not become more pessimistic with equal rapidity.
I'm feeling abnormally pessimistic about the absurd lack of substantive leadership we are receiving.
His take on the respectability of SETI in the scientific community is unduly pessimistic.
Their opposition is driven by a pessimistic sense that agbio is the latest example of how modern society has transgressed natural limits.

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