illuminating
adjective
giving or casting light.
unilluminating
-
a word derived from
illuminating.
Example Sentences
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If the goal is to relay what a miasma of suspicion and despair the water crisis created, “Flint” certainly suggests that, if regrettably by being its own well-intentioned if messy, unilluminating chronicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
In his opinion, Roberts argued that "the cited statements are unilluminating."
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2020
But take the average, and you’re right back in the comfortable, unilluminating middle.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2019
Unlike in Van Sant’s film, though, we are treated merely to Ray’s unexceptional and unilluminating thoughts.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2017
These modern critics, with their cult of "the unique phrase" and the "sharply defined image," are just as intolerant as the old judicial authorities whose prestige they scout; just as intolerant and just as unilluminating.
From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys
