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unedifying

adjective
un·​ed·​i·​fy·​ing | \ ˌən-ˈe-dÉ™-ËŒfÄ«-iÅ‹ How to pronounce unedifying (audio) \

Definition of unedifying

: not morally uplifting or instructive : not edifying … had imagined a possibility of framing an interesting, and perhaps not an unedifying, tale out of the incidents of the life of a doomed individual …— Sir Walter Scott It is possible to write an edifying biography about an unedifying life.— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Other Words from unedifying

unedifyingly adverb

First Known Use of unedifying

1641, in the meaning defined above

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unedifying

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of unedifying

formal : unpleasant and offensive : causing embarrassment