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unedifying

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Adj.1.unedifying - not edifying
unenlightening
edifying, enlightening - enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read"
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If you feel in any way surprised that I should know these petty and unedifying details, the reason is that I had them from a relative of mine who, later that evening, drove Mlle.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
It was a part of my idea that the young lady had had a foreign lover (and an unedifying tragical rupture) before her meeting with Jeffrey Aspern.
The Aspern Papers by James, Henry View in context
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