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unilluminating

  • a word derived from illuminating.
    illuminating
    adjective
    giving or casting light.

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On that front, the indictment unsealed on Tuesday is disturbingly unilluminating, and the theory on which it rests is debatable at best, unnervingly flimsy at worst.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2023

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

We don’t want illuminating awkwardness but unilluminating tranquility.

From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2016

The news came by two channels: first, a brief and unilluminating paragraph in the newspaper, giving little more than the fact itself.

From The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson