unilluminating

Examples

• All

• That is indeed a possible translation, albeit a rather timid and unilluminating one.

  Academic text (1994)

• Late at night, the meeting ended, cathartic but unilluminating.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The lecture was filled with jargon and turned out to be quite unilluminating for the audience.

• Her explanation of the complex theory was unilluminating, leaving everyone more confused than before.

• Despite the lengthy report, the findings were largely unilluminating and did not clarify the main issues.

Synonyms

O

obfuscatory

vsunilluminating

• Formal

1 9.3

Making something hard to understand on purpose to hide the truth

fails to clarify without necessarily intending to confuse

U

unenlightening

vsunilluminating

6.9

Does not give useful information or new understanding

focuses on failing to make things clearer rather than on providing insight

M

mystificatory

vsunilluminating

• Formal

9.9

Causing confusion on purpose

fails to clarify without using deliberate confusion or trickery

U

unrevealing

vsunilluminating

5.7

An answer that does not give clear information or feelings

focuses on lack of clarity rather than intentionally keeping information back

Antonyms

I

illuminating

17 4.3

Giving clear information that helps you understand something better

C

clarifying

1 3.3

That helps people understand something more clearly

How Clear

enlightening

43 4.5

illuminating

17 4.3

clear

∞ 1.0

unilluminating

8.1

confusing

276 3.2

misleading

148 4.4

Surface Forms

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Etymology