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单词 unedifying
释义 unˈedifying, ppl. a.
(un-1 10, 5 b.)
Also unedifyingly adv. (Webster, 1847).
1641Bp. Hall Answ. Vind. Smect. ii. 19 Bringing in loud Musick; uncouth, and unedifying Anthems.1698Norris Pract. Disc. (1707) IV. 2 Those that think and know most, being remarkable for speaking least, which makes their conversation so insignificant and unedifying.1722Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 649 Matters are yet before sub-committees, and tedious, unedifying debates cast up.1834Beckford Italy II. 309 It was not unedifying to witness the solemnity..with which these devotions were performed.1881W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jew. Ch. i. 10 Finding much that seems.., at first sight, positively unedifying.
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