unenlightening
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪnˈlaɪtənɪŋ/
:
poco esclarecedor
- But sketchy as our comparisons are, they are not totally unenlightening.
Examples
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You know for a man who talks a great deal, it's amazing how unenlightening you can be.
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His comments during the discussion were unenlightening and did not contribute to the debate.
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For a man who talks a lot, it's amazing how unenlightening you can be.
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I think we can both agree that most of the music played on the radio is puerile, unenlightening, and putrid.
Blog text (1) -
My mom has noted to me the sensationalist decline of Newsweek, feeling the magazine to be trashy and unenlightening.
Blog text (30) -
Sometimes the most rational course is flatly obvious, so while the narrative is predictive (or true), it is uninteresting and unenlightening.
Academic text (2001) -
This was Willie Kuiken; Coco had never learned the woman's nationality and never figured it out from her accent either, which was capricious and unenlightening.
Fiction book (2002) -
The lecture was boring and unenlightening, leaving the students confused.
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Many articles in popular magazines are often unenlightening and lack depth.
Synonyms
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3.0
Not giving useful help or advice
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5.8
Not giving useful information
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8.4
Not helping people learn or become better
Not giving useful details
Does not give useful information or help someone learn
Not making a topic clearer or easier to understand
An answer that does not give clear information or feelings
Antonyms
How Enlightening
Surface Forms
Morphology
unenlightening = enlightening (transparent) = un + enlighten + ing
The negative prefix 'un-' straightforwardly negates the meaning of 'enlightening' to indicate 'not providing insight'.
Etymology
Unenlightening breaks into un- ('not') and enlightening, from light meaning 'clear understanding'. To 'enlighten' is to 'bring light' into a dark place, so unenlightening means it fails to bring light and gives no useful information or understanding.