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unedifying

unedifying adjective: not edifying.

Adjective

unedifying (comparative more unedifying, superlative most unedifying)

  1. Not edifying.
  2. Ungraceful, usually due to a clash of expectations or disparity of knowledge.
    • Sunday’s scenes were the kind of unedifying thing some of those aggressive members prefer to think only happens in all the sports on which they look down, or during prime minister’s questions.2023 July 4, Marina Hyde, “Who’s for political Bazball with Rishi? Voters? Tories? Anyone?”, in The Guardian

Forms of unedifying

comparativemore unedifying
superlativemost unedifying

Origin of unedifying

From un- + edifying.

Questions about unedifying

What does unedifying mean?
Unedifying means not edifying.
What part of speech is unedifying?
Unedifying is an adjective.

Words near unedifying in the dictionary

  1. unedges
  2. unedging
  3. unedgy
  4. unedible
  5. unedified
  6. unedifying
  7. unedit
  8. uneditable
  9. unedited
  10. unediting
  11. unedits

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