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unilluminating

unilluminating adjective: not illuminating; unenlightening.

Adjective

unilluminating (not comparable)

  1. Not illuminating; unenlightening.
    • But largely as a result of the unilluminating statements of the Board in exaggerating bushelage and ignoring quality, March corn fell from the high of August 10, $ 1.21½, on the Chicago Board of Trade, to .35⅞ on December 30.1928, Farm Life and Agricultural Epitomist - Volume 47, Issue 7, page 11

Origin of unilluminating

From un- + illuminating.

Questions about unilluminating

What does unilluminating mean?
Unilluminating means not illuminating; unenlightening.
What part of speech is unilluminating?
Unilluminating is an adjective.

Words near unilluminating in the dictionary

  1. uniliterary
  2. unilluded
  3. unillumed
  4. unilluminable
  5. unilluminated
  6. unilluminating
  7. unillumination
  8. unillumined
  9. unillus
  10. unillusioned
  11. unillusive

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