Sentence examples for not punitive from inspiring English sources

Thomas insisted the move was not punitive.

The effect is playful, not humiliating, enduring but not punitive.

And well-done quality improvement is not punitive; it's educational.

Although fatal consequences often attend an ordeal, its purpose is not punitive.

As such, the closing proposals are "curative, not punitive," he said.

"We wanted the test to be a remediation tool, not punitive," Mr. Schroder said.

United Nations officials said the decision to put the men on leave was not punitive.

While the doctor is not punitive about such signs of addiction, he's not a patsy, either.

Someone needs to tell me that the recent traffic debacle was not punitive in nature.

This means positive, not punitive, efforts at the national and local level.

The move is not punitive, said Paul J. Browne, chief spokesman for the Police Department.