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Recent Examples of unilluminating
These scenes are heavy and unilluminating.
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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
Unlike in Van Sant’s film, though, we are treated merely to Ray’s unexceptional and unilluminating thoughts.
—Bécquer Seguín, Slate Magazine, 21 July 2017
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
Unlike in Van Sant’s film, though, we are treated merely to Ray’s unexceptional and unilluminating thoughts.
—Bécquer Seguín, Slate Magazine, 21 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unilluminating
Adjective
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Ultimately, during her first reporting trip, she was granted only a single and largely uninformative one-hour interview.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Feb. 2014
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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
Adjective
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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.—
Jeffrey Toobin,
The New Yorker,
14 June 2019
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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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“Unilluminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unilluminating. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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