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Recent Examples of uninformative
Without a way to test relationships systematically, fragments often remain sidelined as secondary or uninformative.
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Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
But most ancient rocks have lost these clues; heat and pressure shattered those molecules into tiny, uninformative fragments.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025
Spend is grouped into broad, uninformative categories with little visibility for business stakeholders.
—Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
But jet engines do not operate continuously, making this figure uninformative, perhaps even misleading.
Airplanes, including their jet engines, go through rigorous regular maintenance designed to keep them at peak reliability on every flight.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
The results suggest journalists were following an uninformative template for covering social protest.
—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
Ultimately, during her first reporting trip, she was granted only a single and largely uninformative one-hour interview.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014
Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
But most ancient rocks have lost these clues; heat and pressure shattered those molecules into tiny, uninformative fragments.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025
Spend is grouped into broad, uninformative categories with little visibility for business stakeholders.
—Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
But jet engines do not operate continuously, making this figure uninformative, perhaps even misleading.
Airplanes, including their jet engines, go through rigorous regular maintenance designed to keep them at peak reliability on every flight.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
The results suggest journalists were following an uninformative template for covering social protest.
—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
Ultimately, during her first reporting trip, she was granted only a single and largely uninformative one-hour interview.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninformative
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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But the brief, costly, impractical service still became one of the most romanticized episodes in American history—a legacy wildly disproportionate to its lifespan.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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The creator notes the concept suits cabins, RVs, and off-grid structures particularly well — anywhere grid ties are impractical or expensive.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Bernadine appeared to be useless—or, worse, a potential double agent.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sending your resume into the void has never felt more useless.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Uninformative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninformative. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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