uninstructive

adjective

Definition of uninstructivenext
as in uninformative

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  1. uninformative
  2. unenlightening
  3. unilluminating
  4. impractical
Adjective
  • The results suggest journalists were following an uninformative template for covering social protest.
    Douglas M. McLeod, Scientific American, 10 June 2024
  • Google's uninformative responses to Charge 5 issues thus far won't help worries that Fitbit is dying under its new owner and may eventually be totally absorbed by the Google brand.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2024
Definition of uninformative
Adjective
  • Democrats and Republicans snarled at one another, and at the witnesses, including John Dean, the Watergate figure, in a predictably sour and unenlightening spectacle.
    Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
  • On one level, the explanation for brain avalanches is fairly simple and very unenlightening.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2018
Definition of unenlightening
Adjective
  • These scenes are heavy and unilluminating.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The project draws strength, however, from the breadth of its interviews, including several Tyson opponents, before culminating with a fairly unilluminating chat with Tyson himself -- a relatively short coda that would have been stronger had it been spread throughout the presentation.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 25 May 2021
Definition of unilluminating
Adjective
  • Outsourcing vendor management may also be impractical, as most services are designed and priced for large enterprises.
    Paul Blough, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • That same year, following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, Saddam Hussein ordered an impractical (and unsuccessful) effort to quickly build a nuclear weapon.
    Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of impractical
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Thesaurus Entries Near uninstructive

uninstructed

uninstructive

unintellectual

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