peaceful
adjective
characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful demonstration.
unpeaceful
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a word derived from
peaceful.
Example Sentences
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It’s a critical feature for preserving some measure of peace in an unpeaceful environment, and it’s also the single most cost-effective way for the company to engage in content moderation.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2023
But when Ruth Wolff, the Institute’s head doctor, refuses to let a priest perform last rites because it would cause “an unpeaceful death,” ignorance amplified by social media turns a medical decision into a maelstrom.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
A lovely sentiment, to be sure, but considering the polymathic British designer’s wildly accomplished and famously unpeaceful family, it’s easy to infer a bit of classic English irony in the gift.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2021
More than at any former conference of World War II and its unpeaceful peace, the negotiators struck attitudes and took extreme positions for the sheer sake of bargaining.
From Time Magazine Archive
That night the officers put seven slips of paper into a cap, and Captain Roque Carnicero's unpeaceful fate was foreseen by his name on the prize slip.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
