uninformingadj.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > not informing
uninstructing1632
uninstructive1666
uninforming1709
uninformative1837
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 2) II. 165 An absence of Mind, an uninforming Faculty.
1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. (1772) II. 222 It would be..uninforming to relate all the preparations.
1809 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. June 64 The mangled post thus long had stood, An uninforming piece of wood.
1901 C. A. Scott Evang. Doctrine ii. 28 The name of ‘Protestant’ is popular, accidental and uninforming.
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