[[query-dsl-boosting-query]] === Boosting Query The `boosting` query can be used to effectively demote results that match a given query. Unlike the "NOT" clause in bool query, this still selects documents that contain undesirable terms, but reduces their overall score. [source,js] -------------------------------------------------- GET /_search { "query": { "boosting" : { "positive" : { "term" : { "field1" : "value1" } }, "negative" : { "term" : { "field2" : "value2" } }, "negative_boost" : 0.2 } } } -------------------------------------------------- // CONSOLE