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unilluminating adjective (alsoun-illuminating)uk /ˌʌn.ɪˈluː.mɪ.neɪ.tɪŋ/ us /ˌʌn.ɪˈluː.mə.neɪ.t̬ɪŋ/ failing to give any new information about a subject or to make it easier to understand: The unilluminating statement from the competition management only added to the confusion. Unfortunately, the report is both unreadable and unilluminating. Most of the time, statistical studies are an unilluminating guide to life. The audience was evidently not engaged, and the two leaders were very unilluminating as to their policies and ideas. Few people will have been surprised by yesterday's selfrighteous and unilluminating display. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Useless and futile adrift aimless aimlessly aimlessness airy-fairy fruitless fruitlessly fruitlessness futile futilely negate negation no goodidiom non-viable nugatory unrealistic unrealistically unseriousness until you are blue in the faceidiom unviability |