Unedifying

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not edifying.
  2. 2
    Ungraceful, usually due to a clash of expectations or disparity of knowledge.

    "Sunday’s scenes were the kind of unedifying thing some of those aggressive members prefer to think only happens in all the sports on which they look down, or during prime minister’s questions."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not edifying wordnet

Synonyms

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unenlightening

Example

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"Sunday’s scenes were the kind of unedifying thing some of those aggressive members prefer to think only happens in all the sports on which they look down, or during prime minister’s questions."

Etymology

From un- + edifying.

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