false-positive reaction

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An erroneous or mistakenly positive response.

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There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
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But he, like many people using dating apps whatever their sexual identity, remains stoutly positive.
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And the fact that satire unnerves the intolerant is evidence of its positive power.
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We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.
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The trials produced positive results, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in November.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was positive he had seen some one enter the room, go to the chair, and take the money from his pockets.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
But the sheer quantity of the inflated currency and false money forces prices higher still.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
While this reaction lasted he laughed away the evidence, and honestly believed he was exaggerating trifles.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Ordinarily the diazo appears a little earlier than the Widal reaction—about the fourth or fifth day—but it may be delayed.
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At last his anxiety reached a point where he was positive that if he received an adverse decision, it would surely kill him.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux