noninformative
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈɪnfərˌmɑːtɪv/
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no informativo
- An even more pervasive influence on their understanding of history is found in reference books and some school textbooks, which often trivialize the past with noninformative filler (Larkins and Gilmore 1987).
Examples
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Investigators who wish to avoid incorporating prior information from previous studies to avoid bias can certainly choose vague (noninformative) priors for the unknown model parameters.
Academic text (2010) -
In terms of noninformative a priori distributions, such distributions are said to be matching 4.
Academic text (2018) -
Blastomere separation of embryos beyond the 2- to 16-cell stage (depending on species) was noninformative for testing genomic potential because the cells had too little cytoplasm.
Academic text (1999) -
Many of the questions on the quiz were noninformative and did not help students learn.
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The report was filled with noninformative statistics that offered no real insight into the problem.
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During the meeting, most of the comments were noninformative, leaving the team without clear direction.
Synonyms
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Not giving useful information
Giving few useful details that help people decide
Does not give useful information or new understanding
Does not give useful information or help someone learn
Antonyms
How Informative
Surface Forms
Morphology
noninformative = informative (transparent) = non + inform + ative
The adjective is formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'non-' to 'informative', so the negated meaning is directly inferable.
Etymology
The word noninformative is made of non- meaning 'not' and informative, from inform which means 'to give information' and is the same root as the common word information. So noninformative simply means 'not giving useful or helpful information'.