unedifying
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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.
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
I have accordingly endeavoured to avoid such jangling, and such debates as are unprofitable and unedifying, making choice of such purposes as may edify, and not abuse the reader.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
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