unedifying

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not edifying.
  2. Ungraceful, usually due to a clash of expectations or disparity of knowledge.
    — Sunday’s scenes were the kind of unedifying thing some of those aggressive members prefer to think only happens in all the sports on which they look down, or during prime minister’s questions.

词形变化

more unedifying comparative most unedifying superlative

词源

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 edifying
English unedifying
From un- + edifying.
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