Meanings
adjectiveunedifying (comparative more unedifying, superlative most unedifying)
comparative more unedifying · superlative most unedifying
- Not edifying.
- Ungraceful, usually due to a clash of expectations or disparity of knowledge.
Sunday’s scenes were the kind of unedifying thing some of those aggressive members prefer to think only happens in all the sports on which they look down, or during prime minister’s questions.
2023 July 4, Marina Hyde, “Who’s for political Bazball with Rishi? Voters? Tories? Anyone?”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishedifying
- Englishunedifying
Cite this entry
APA
unedifying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unedifying
MLA
“unedifying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unedifying. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unedifying,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unedifying.
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