uninstructiveadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: uninˈstructive.

(un- prefix¹ 1.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > not informing

uninstructing1632

uninstructive1666

uninforming1709

uninformative1837

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > unrevealing

uninstructing1632

uninstructive1666

unrevealing1763

unbetraying1788

unpumpable1831

1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities ii. vii. 369 That the present Discourse shall not be uninstructive to You.

1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xx. 123 Pain from captious uninstructive wrangling.

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §15. 172 Facts less vague and uninstructive.

1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall ii. 29 The sections near the Start Point are..particularly uninstructive.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 104 His character was remarkable, and his history not uninstructive.

Derivatives

uninˈstructively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adverb] > without giving information

uninstructively1816

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adverb]

latently1568

underground1632

uninstructively1816

under or in wraps1939

1816 Edinb. Rev. Sept. 182 No great man has been..more uninstructively commended.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	uninstructive
释义	uninstructiveadj. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: uninˈstructive. (un- prefix¹ 1.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > not informing uninstructing1632 uninstructive1666 uninforming1709 uninformative1837 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > unrevealing uninstructing1632 uninstructive1666 unrevealing1763 unbetraying1788 unpumpable1831 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities ii. vii. 369 That the present Discourse shall not be uninstructive to You. 1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xx. 123 Pain from captious uninstructive wrangling. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §15. 172 Facts less vague and uninstructive. 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall ii. 29 The sections near the Start Point are..particularly uninstructive. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 104 His character was remarkable, and his history not uninstructive. Derivatives uninˈstructively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adverb] > without giving information uninstructively1816 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adverb] latently1568 underground1632 uninstructively1816 under or in wraps1939 1816 Edinb. Rev. Sept. 182 No great man has been..more uninstructively commended. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1666
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