unenlightening

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Recent Examples of unenlightening 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenlightening
Adjective
  • But jet engines do not operate continuously, making this figure uninformative, perhaps even misleading. Airplanes, including their jet engines, go through rigorous regular maintenance designed to keep them at peak reliability on every flight.
    Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
  • The results suggest journalists were following an uninformative template for covering social protest.
    Douglas M. McLeod, Scientific American, 10 June 2024
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

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“Unenlightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenlightening. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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