as in unenlightening
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Recent Examples of uninformative
The results suggest journalists were following an uninformative template for covering social protest.
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Douglas M. McLeod, Scientific American, 10 June 2024
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
What is the most uninformative statement that people are inclined to make?
—Agnes Callard, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
These documents are majestically uninformative.
—Michael Hiltzikbusiness Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
Satellite data was too coarse and aerial photos uninformative.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2012
No one could accuse Ms. Warren of being uninformative.
—Henry Hitchings, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
For a test which is completely uninformative (like flipping a proverbial coin), sensitivity + specificity will total 1 (100%).
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2017
The problem with Patient Zero - spot-on post by Cassie Willyard about false uninformative narratives Science/news/writing This is an old but stunning profile of Bob Langer by Helen Pearson.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2012
Douglas M. McLeod, Scientific American, 10 June 2024
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
What is the most uninformative statement that people are inclined to make?
—Agnes Callard, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
These documents are majestically uninformative.
—Michael Hiltzikbusiness Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
Satellite data was too coarse and aerial photos uninformative.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2012
No one could accuse Ms. Warren of being uninformative.
—Henry Hitchings, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
For a test which is completely uninformative (like flipping a proverbial coin), sensitivity + specificity will total 1 (100%).
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2017
The problem with Patient Zero - spot-on post by Cassie Willyard about false uninformative narratives Science/news/writing This is an old but stunning profile of Bob Langer by Helen Pearson.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2012
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
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On one level, the explanation for brain avalanches is fairly simple and very unenlightening.Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2018
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These scenes are heavy and unilluminating.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
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The project draws strength, however, from the breadth of its interviews, including several Tyson opponents, before culminating with a fairly unilluminating chat with Tyson himself -- a relatively short coda that would have been stronger had it been spread throughout the presentation.Brian Lowry, CNN, 25 May 2021
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Trying to dampen political polarization in the news and on social media would be an obvious approach—although an impractical one, the two say, given how polarization has marketplace benefits in boosting audience sizes, engagement and political donations.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Consultants have traditionally filled this gap by providing impartial assessments, yet external advisors may miss crucial insights into a company’s products, culture or internal processes, leading to high-cost, impractical recommendations.Glen Robinson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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This is a fashion collab designed for women’s bodies to be looked at, but the functionality is useless.Jamie Aranoff, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2024
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It was built on NBA men who subsidized that useless league for decades.Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Uninformative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninformative. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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