He comes to a negative conclusion, and applies this reasoning to the Homeric problem.

Kirk drew a deep breath, feeling the weight of the negative conclusions.

But this time it is a positive instead of a negative conclusion.

An official of Pfizer said the study was too small to draw any conclusions, positive or negative.

Now Picard felt awkward for having jumped to a negative conclusion.

That kind of negative conclusion can be a problem.

Yet they've applied this criterion to reach the negative conclusion that Jesus didn't say a whole lot.

So how did the Times manage to draw a negative conclusion from the survey?

The one thing I couldn't afford to do was draw any negative conclusions about myself as a physician or a person.

He said it was premature to draw "any negative conclusions."