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unilluminating - definition and meaning
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adjective illuminating ; unenlightening .
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Unfortunately, Red & White is a conventional, unilluminating work, lacking historical context and individual characterisation, the best scenes being old black-and-white newsreels that accompany the final credits.
Red & White – review Philip French 2010
This is an entirely unilluminating and, worse, destructive argument to keep propelling forward.
New York Times' Leslie Wayne Continues Twisted Jihad Against Edwards 2009
And Joe Konecny, a Scotia spokesman, wrote a rather unilluminating email to The Commercial Observer, the thrust of which was, “We do not comment on proprietary real estate issues.”
Scotiabank Leaving Lower Manhattan? 2009
But first a digression: Was anything more unilluminating associated with the Democratic convention than the utterly predictable "commentary" offered by the talking heads on any of the networks?
RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
Here he takes on Brad DeLong in a rather unilluminating debate on fiscal stimulus.
Linkfest, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
And Joe Konecny, a Scotia spokesman, wrote a rather unilluminating email to The Commercial Observer, the thrust of which was, “We do not comment on proprietary real estate issues.”
Scotiabank Leaving Lower Manhattan? 2009
The Sotomayor hearings were unsatisfying and relatively unilluminating .
Sotomayor Hearing Escapes Gravity 2009
For as unilluminating as this poll is, it poses a key question for Obama's supporters and anyone concerned with racial justice, not just "feelings of racial prejudice": how do you find and engage those who don't want to know what change really looks like?
Jeff Chang: The Politics of Identity Politics 2008
After hours of largely unilluminating ping pong law, the performance mercifully came to an end.
William Fisher: Kabuki on the Hill 2008
I think the results would be in answer to the second question, and although I wouldn't consider that answer unimportant or unilluminating , you are really looking for the answer to the first question.
Race and Gender and Class Steven Barnes 2008
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