provocative
adjective
tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
unprovocative
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a word derived from
provocative.
Example Sentences
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“The transit was unremarkable, unprovocative and consistent with international law.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
In it, the composer Charles Wuorinen derided minimalism as “utterly unchallenging, unprovocative kind of music,” an unfortunate byproduct of decreasing cultural sophistication and increasing hunger for instant gratification.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2020
“Bad Blood” is a relatively unprovocative song, in which Swift tells her enemy “Now we got problems / And I don’t think we can solve them.”
From Time ● Mar. 2, 2015
In fact, the joy of his keen, intelligent and happily unprovocative show was that nothing appeared labored.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2015
In it, the House of Justice asserted, in unprovocative but uncompromising terms, Bahá’í confidence in the advent of international peace as the next stage in the evolution of society.
From Century of Light by Baha'i International Community
