uninstructiveadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > not informing
uninstructing1632
uninstructive1666
uninforming1709
uninformative1837
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > unrevealing
uninstructing1632
uninstructive1666
unrevealing1763
unbetraying1788
unpumpable1831
1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities ii. vii. 369 That the present Discourse shall not be uninstructive to You.
1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xx. 123 Pain from captious uninstructive wrangling.
1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §15. 172 Facts less vague and uninstructive.
1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall ii. 29 The sections near the Start Point are..particularly uninstructive.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 104 His character was remarkable, and his history not uninstructive.
Derivatives
uninˈstructively adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adverb] > without giving information
uninstructively1816
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adverb]
latently1568
underground1632
uninstructively1816
under or in wraps1939
1816 Edinb. Rev. Sept. 182 No great man has been..more uninstructively commended.
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