adj
Meaning 1
lacking useful or interesting information
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- That magazine article was uninformative.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: informative
Standard Lemma guide
uninformative
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/
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Canada, General-American: /ˌʌnɪnˈfoɹmətɪv/
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Canada, General-American: [-ɾɪv]
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)mətɪv
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N IH0 N F AO1 R M AH0 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
lacking information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: informative
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- English inform Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English informative English uninformative From un- + informative.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: joutava — Translations
- Finnish: tyhjänpäiväinen — Translations
- Finnish: sisällötön — Translations
- Polish: niepouczający — Translations