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uninformative

uninformative

2 5.8
Not giving useful information
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːrmətɪv/
translation icon : poco informativo
  • Many viewers found the documentary uninformative, stating that it did not provide any new insights on the topic.

Is the circle uninformative or informative?

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Examples

  • The report was deemed uninformative because it lacked specific details about the project's progress.

  • 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

noninformative
vsuninformative
6.5

Not giving useful details

focuses on lacking enough information rather than relevance
low-information
vsuninformative
7.0

Giving few useful details that help people decide

refers more broadly to missing useful content rather than low quantity
unenlightening
vsuninformative
6.9

Does not give useful information or new understanding

focuses on lacking basic informative content rather than deeper insight
uninstructive
vsuninformative
7.1

Does not give useful information or help someone learn

focuses on lacking informative content generally rather than teaching failure
unexplanatory
vsuninformative
8.4

Not giving a clear reason or detail

focuses on missing useful information rather than mere absence of explanation

Antonyms

94 3.5

Full of useful facts or ideas that help you understand something

43 4.5

Helps you understand something in a new, clearer way

How Informative

enlightening
43 4.5
revealing
38 4.0
informative
94 3.5
uninformative
2 5.8
limited
162 2.0

Surface Forms

uninformative positive
uninformativeer comparative
uninformativeest superlative

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.