† inedifyingadj.
Obsolete.
Not edifying.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > harmful or pernicious
baleOE
balefulc1175
venomousc1290
contagiousc1440
pestiferous1458
pestilent?a1475
perniciousc1475
pestilential1531
pestilentious1533
plaguey1574
deleterious1630
unedifying1641
perniciable1656
inedifying1659
unimproving1747
insalutary1836
unsalvatory1850
1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices vi. 181 Latin, a Language very inedifying to a non-intelligent people.
1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices vi. 184 Declining nice, thorny and inedifying disputes.
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