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undescriptive

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de⋅scrip⋅tive

  [di-skrip-tiv]
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–adjective
1. having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
2.
a. Grammar. (of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it modifies, as fresh in fresh milk. Compare limiting.
b. (of a clause) nonrestrictive. Compare restrictive (def. 4).
3. noting, concerned with, or based upon the fact or experience.
4. characterized by or based upon the classification and description of material in a given field: descriptive botany.
Origin:
1745–55; < LL dēscrīptīvus, equiv. to L dēscrīpt(us) (see description ) + -īvus -ive

Related forms:
de⋅scrip⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
de⋅scrip⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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undescriptive

adjective
not successful in describing [ant: descriptive] 
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