unenlightening
adjective
un·en·light·en·ing
ˌən-in-ˈlīt-niŋ 
-tᵊn-iŋ,
-en-
: failing to provide knowledge, understanding, or insight : not enlightening
an unenlightening explanation/answer
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Democrats and Republicans snarled at one another, and at the witnesses, including John Dean, the Watergate figure, in a predictably sour and unenlightening spectacle.
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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
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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
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“Unenlightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unenlightening. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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