unedifying
Britishadjective
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International Development Minister Carolyn Labey described the debate as an "unedifying spectacle which will undoubtedly do Jersey harm".
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
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
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial was, from gavel to gavel, a singularly baffling, unedifying and sad spectacle.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 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
The method would be plainly laborious, unintelligent and unedifying, and in drawing the most complicated foreshortened forms of the human body it would seem still more illogical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
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