negatrip

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noun

A car trip not taken.

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Meanings

nounnegatrip (plural negatrips)

plural negatrips

  1. A car trip not taken.

    By creating markets in negamiles and negatrips, society could discover what it's worth to pay people to stay off the roads[…]

    1999, Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution, page 281

Origin

Blend of negative + trip, equivalent to nega- + trip. Compare negawatt.

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APA

negatrip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negatrip

MLA

“negatrip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negatrip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “negatrip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negatrip.

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