Meanings
comparative more uninformative · superlative most uninformative
- lacking useful or interesting information
That magazine article was uninformative.
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Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless.
1964 September, “New Books: The History of Railways. By Erwin Berghaus. Barrie & Rockcliff. 35s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222Antonyms: informative
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking useful or interesting information
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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-
- Englishinform
- Englishinformative
- Englishuninformative
From un- + informative.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish joutava, tyhjänpäiväinen
- joutavaTranslations
- tyhjänpäiväinenTranslations
- sisällötönTranslations
Polish niepouczający
- niepouczającyTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with uninformative
Cite this entry
uninformative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninformative
“uninformative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninformative. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninformative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninformative.
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