uninformative

/ˌʌnɪnˈfoɹmətɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

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adj

"That magazine article was uninformative."
"Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless."

Etymology tree English un- English inform Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English informative English uninformative From un- + informative.

more uninformative (comparative) most uninformative (superlative)

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informative formative normative performative heteronormative homonormative

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How do you pronounce uninformative?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌnɪnˈfoɹmətɪv/.

What does uninformative mean?

lacking useful or interesting information

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