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Recent Examples of uninformative
Ultimately, during her first reporting trip, she was granted only a single and largely uninformative one-hour interview.
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014
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
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
What is the most uninformative statement that people are inclined to make?
—Agnes Callard, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
These documents are majestically uninformative.
—Michael Hiltzikbusiness Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
Satellite data was too coarse and aerial photos uninformative.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2012
No one could accuse Ms. Warren of being uninformative.
—Henry Hitchings, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014
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
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
What is the most uninformative statement that people are inclined to make?
—Agnes Callard, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
These documents are majestically uninformative.
—Michael Hiltzikbusiness Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
Satellite data was too coarse and aerial photos uninformative.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2012
No one could accuse Ms. Warren of being uninformative.
—Henry Hitchings, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninformative
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
Adjective
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These scenes are heavy and unilluminating.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2023
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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
Adjective
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Aside from being impractical, the new importation strategy would leave America’s drug supply vulnerable to dangerous counterfeit medicines from abroad.—
Sally C. Pipes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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However, for many travelers who take only one or two flights a year, that's impractical advice.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Towns and hamlets have been largely pulverized along the front lines and for miles beyond; even American air defenses are mostly useless, because setting them up invites an immediate Russian attack.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Apart from evidence, some of the most important testimonies in the case were also deemed useless during the investigation.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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“Uninformative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninformative. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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