Meanings
- not comparableNot illuminating; unenlightening.
But largely as a result of the unilluminating statements of the Board in exaggerating bushelage and ignoring quality, March corn fell from the high of August 10, $ 1.21½, on the Chicago Board of Trade, to .35⅞ on December 30.
1928, Farm Life and Agricultural Epitomist - Volume 47, Issue 7, page 11
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefailing to inform or clarify
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishilluminating
- Englishunilluminating
From un- + illuminating.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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