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unedifying

/ ʌnˈɛdɪˌfaɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. not having the result of improving morality, intellect, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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Having to be smuggled away from the Falkirk Stadium was an unedifying end to the latest dreadful day for a man who seems to be caught in the wrong movie.

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Labour MP Paula Barker said: "Whilst grateful for the concessions, this has further laid bare the incoherent and shambolic nature of this process - it is the most unedifying spectacle that I have ever seen."

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After years of unedifying bickering, you could almost hear the sigh of relief in Berlin's corridors of power - but the underlying cause is more difficult to resolve and more worrying.

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"He has taken unedifying to a whole new level," said another figure who has known him closely for years.

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