uninformative
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːrmətɪv/
- Many viewers found the documentary uninformative, stating that it did not provide any new insights on the topic.
Is the circle uninformative or informative?
- Is the circle uninformative or informative?
- As my first slide shows, my name is David Beamish and my rather uninformative job title is Clerk of the Parliaments.
Examples
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The report was deemed uninformative because it lacked specific details about the project's progress.
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Then the postcard came, and that did strike me as a little strange because it was so uninformative.
Fiction book (1992) -
The direction of movement does not support the claim that the lack of change over time is uninformative.
Academic text (2018) -
Although one must allow for the level of physical science at the time, this nevertheless seems particularly uninformative.
Academic text (1993) -
According to students serious about Islam, these sessions were generally considered uninformative.
Academic text (2009) -
Unfortunately, all viral investigations have thus far been uninformative.
Academic text (2012) -
For some, it is a desperate attempt to learn why they lost because debriefs have become uninformative.
Blog text (28) -
Given the low relative intensity of human activity across the analysis area, the application of species-neutral models likely would be uninformative.
Academic text (2017) -
Not happy with JCP&L's uninformative, vanilla line of "bad storm we're working round the clock."
Blog text (6) -
However, survey results are fraught with hazards and can yield superficial assessments; thus, they may be inadequate, inconclusive, or uninformative.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
Not giving useful details
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
Not giving a clear reason or detail
Antonyms
How Informative
Surface Forms
Morphology
uninformative = informative (transparent) = un + inform + ative
Formed by adding the productive negating prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'informative', creating the expected negative meaning.
Etymology
Uninformative starts with the small part un- meaning 'not' and the root inform meaning 'to give information', the same idea as information. So uninformative means 'not giving useful information', which is why we use it for short or unclear answers.