unedifying

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English edifying English unedifying From un- + edifying.

1. Not edifying.
2. Ungraceful, usually due to a clash of expectations or disparity of knowledge.

   “Sunday’s scenes were the kind of unedifying thing some of those aggressive members prefer to think only happens in all the sports on which they look down, or during prime minister’s questions.”