On the positivity of the positive part of a closed symmetric operator?

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Let $A$ be a closed symmetric densely defined unbounded operator (which is not self-adjoint). Is it true that $|A|+A\geq0$? (Where $|A|=\sqrt{A^*A}$), i.e. whether it holds that $$\langle(|A|+A)x,x\rangle\geq 0,~\forall x\in D(A)?$$

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