afflictive
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The standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners state: "Prison labour must not be of an afflictive nature."
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2019
L’Heureux’s own expertise is in our sites of afflictive potential.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
This of course was in direct violation of the General’s orders, but was no less afflictive to the poor sufferers on this account.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2019
Nay, ourselves suffer with many an afflictive stroke, whose cause, too, seems hidden from us, and to contradict the very character of the God we know.
From Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes by Frederick Charles Jennings
I'm thankful we're going to a region of picturesque men," says Ronayne, "for I think my lot in life likely to be a little less afflictive than it was last year.
From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various
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