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