uninformative

Definition of uninformativenext

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Recent Examples of uninformative Meanwhile, over 30% of the expert peer reviews that journals routinely use to decide what to publish now show detectable AI use, and editors report that those reviews are essentially uninformative. John Drake, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Without a way to test relationships systematically, fragments often remain sidelined as secondary or uninformative. Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026 But most ancient rocks have lost these clues; heat and pressure shattered those molecules into tiny, uninformative fragments. Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025 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 Ultimately, during her first reporting trip, she was granted only a single and largely uninformative one-hour interview. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for 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
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
Adjective
  • Water is also a precious resource in space, making traditional washing impractical.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
  • Physical storage, custody and transportation can make direct ownership impractical for many companies.
    Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Adjective
  • Radical approaches to what is precious and what is worthless—or appraisal—have always been more than the inversion of that which is useless made priceless, what was originally meant to be ephemeral made timeless.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Radio waves are nearly useless beneath the surface.
    Omar Kardoudi June 06, New Atlas, 6 June 2026

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“Uninformative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninformative. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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