I. adjective
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Mubarak gave a downbeat assessment of the situation in the Middle East.
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The latest economic surveys are more downbeat as a result of the recent decline in world trade.
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Cheney may be almost deliberately downbeat , but Bush's choice was unusually illuminating.
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The futuristic look is nicely accomplished, without a lot of eye candy: darkish, downbeat , more melancholy than despairing.
II. noun
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Both of them said the word on the same downbeat , which made them burst into laughter at how hilarious they sounded.
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Notice that the patterns rarely fall on the downbeat .