contentious
adjective
tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome.
uncontentious
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a word derived from
contentious.
Example Sentences
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On their face, diversity, equity and inclusion may seem uncontentious.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Suspending the rules is not always divisive — it can be used to speed up passage of uncontentious bills, for example — but it can also inflame tensions.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
For Russians, the collective memory of the war is one of the few uncontentious events in a tumultuous history riven by contention.
From Reuters ● May 8, 2022
She was confirmed to that court after a relatively uncontentious Senate hearing and with the backing of three Republican lawmakers.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022
Indeed, other Copernicans must have found Copernicus’s emphasis on this point hard to understand, so quickly had it become uncontentious.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
