: not morally uplifting or instructive : not edifying
… had imagined a possibility of framing an interesting, and perhaps not an unedifying, tale out of the incidents of the life of a doomed individual … Sir Walter Scott
It is possible to write an edifying biography about an unedifying life. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial was, from gavel to gavel, a singularly baffling, unedifying and sad spectacle.New York Times, 2 June 2022 As the President’s apologists and attorneys go about their unedifying task of defending the indefensible, Meese may serve as their role model. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2019