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Unenlightening

Definition: Unenlightening

Unenlightening

Adjective

1. Not tending to inform or clarify; "an unenlightening comment".

2. Not edifying.

3. Failing to enlighten or clarify; "an unilluminating report".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Unenlightening

Synonyms: unedifying (adj), unilluminating (adj), uninformative (adj), uninstructive (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: edifying (adj), enlightening (adj), illuminating (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Unenlightening

English words defined with "unenlightening": uninformative, uninstructive. (references)

Modern Translation: Unenlightening

Language		Translations for "unenlightening"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		unerleuchtend. (various references)

Pig Latin		enlighteningunay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Unenlightening

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-g-g-h-i-i-l-n-n-n-n-t-u"
	-2 letters: enlightening.
	-3 letters: lengthening.
	-4 letters: lightening.
	-5 letters: enlighten, gelignite, lightning, negligent, tunneling, unhinging.
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Alternative Orthography: Unenlightening

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 65 6E 6C 69 67 68 74 65 6E 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01100101 01101110 01101100 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 01100101 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0065 006E 006C 0069 0067 0068 0074 0065 006E 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5580718078757374867180758073

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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