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unilluminating en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English illuminating English unilluminating From un- + illuminating.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not 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: