UNINFORMATIVE Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

uninformative

adjective

Definition of uninformative

as in unenlightening

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Recent Examples of uninformative On their own, the clues in the set are brief and uninformative enough to be a little intimidating. — Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Coming up with functions that check all those boxes is easy, but most produce large, uninformative upper bounds. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, over 30% of the expert peer reviews that journals routinely use to decide what to publish now show detectable AI use, and editors report that those reviews are essentially uninformative. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Without a way to test relationships systematically, fragments often remain sidelined as secondary or uninformative. — Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026 But most ancient rocks have lost these clues; heat and pressure shattered those molecules into tiny, uninformative fragments. — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025 But jet engines do not operate continuously, making this figure uninformative, perhaps even misleading. Airplanes, including their jet engines, go through rigorous regular maintenance designed to keep them at peak reliability on every flight. — Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025 Google's uninformative responses to Charge 5 issues thus far won't help worries that Fitbit is dying under its new owner and may eventually be totally absorbed by the Google brand. — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2024 Ultimately, during her first reporting trip, she was granted only a single and largely uninformative one-hour interview. — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014

Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninformative

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Democrats and Republicans snarled at one another, and at the witnesses, including John Dean, the Watergate figure, in a predictably sour and unenlightening spectacle.

— Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
On one level, the explanation for brain avalanches is fairly simple and very unenlightening.

— Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2018

Definition of unenlightening

Adjective

Also, many families of rare disease patients spend years creating databases, known as natural history studies, so they can be used as control groups in trials instead of giving patients a placebo, which is often impractical and unethical.

— Gerry Smith, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Texas law requires elementary schools to provide at least 30 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity, which can be cut to 27 minutes per day if scheduling makes the full amount impractical.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of impractical

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Throw in most sideline reporting and coach interviews, completely useless.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Simply put, the satellite connection would allow Russian operators to steer drones and missiles directly, rendering useless the electronic-warfare network Ukraine has built across the country to jam them.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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