Failure of the maximum principle

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What are easy examples of some operators that don't satisfy the maximum principle?

For the double derivative operator $u\mapsto u''$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $L^2(0,1)$, we have $-u''\geq 0\Rightarrow u\geq 0$. Are there easy examples of differential operators for which the solution exists but maximum principle fails?