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# Nuclei schema defs matcher properties negative specifies if match reversed

# negative specifies if match reversed Schema

```txt
https://template#/$defs/Matcher/properties/negative
```

Negative specifies if the match should be reversed. It will only match if the condition is not true

| Abstract            | Extensible | Status         | Identifiable            | Custom Properties | Additional Properties | Access Restrictions | Defined In                                                                             |
| :------------------ | :--------- | :------------- | :---------------------- | :---------------- | :-------------------- | :------------------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Can be instantiated | No         | Unknown status | Unknown identifiability | Forbidden         | Allowed               | none                | [nuclei-schema.schema.json\*](../out/nuclei-schema.schema.json "open original schema") |

## negative Type

`boolean` ([negative specifies if match reversed](nuclei-schema-defs-matcher-properties-negative-specifies-if-match-reversed))