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unexplanatory

unexplanatory adjective: not explanatory; failing to offer a (good or coherent) explanation.

Adjective

unexplanatory (comparative more unexplanatory, superlative most unexplanatory)

  1. Not explanatory; failing to offer a (good or coherent) explanation.
    • If explanation is indeed tied closely to unification then it is not hard to see how the disjunctiveness characteristic of computer proof tends to yield proofs that are also considered relatively unexplanatory by mathematicians.2008 May 30, Alan Baker, “Experimental Mathematics”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI

Forms of unexplanatory

comparativemore unexplanatory
superlativemost unexplanatory

Origin of unexplanatory

From un- + explanatory.

Questions about unexplanatory

What does unexplanatory mean?
Unexplanatory means not explanatory; failing to offer a (good or coherent) explanation.
What part of speech is unexplanatory?
Unexplanatory is an adjective.

Words near unexplanatory in the dictionary

  1. unexplained aerial phenomena
  2. unexplained aerial phenomenon
  3. unexplainedly
  4. unexplainedness
  5. unexplaining
  6. unexplanatory
  7. unexplicabilities
  8. unexplicability
  9. unexplicable
  10. unexplicableness
  11. unexplicables

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