unedifying
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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London City have more quality and resources than most newly promoted teams, but the sight of Liverpool clinging on for a point all afternoon at Hayes Lane was still unedifying.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025
Parliamentary debate in Australia often degenerates into heated and unedifying personal abuse, particularly during Question Time, when lawmakers interrogate ministers about issues of the day.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2022
"This is one of the most unedifying episodes I have seen in my 16 years as a Member of Parliament," said Mark Harper, a Conservative lawmaker who rebelled against his party to oppose the plans.
From Reuters • Nov. 4, 2021
We know much less about Wilson — and what we know suggests his career was rickety, his personal life unedifying, his writing awful and his plan insane.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2020
Apart from the unedifying confessions of the hero, the book contains curious anecdotes concerning prominent contemporaries, and the episodical stories are told with great spirit; the style is extremely correct, though somewhat diffuse.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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