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most telling

ADJECTIVE

effective, significant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cogent conspicuous convincing decisive devastating forceful powerful satisfying striking trenchant

STRONG

marked operative solid sound

WEAK

considerable crucial effectual forcible important impressive influential potent satisfactory valid weighty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impotent ineffective weak

STRONG

incomplete

WEAK

insignificant secondary unimportant

Example Sentences

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The piece’s most telling detail is its failure to read the room.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Possibly the most telling statistic tracks the difference between borrowing benchmarks, such as the prime rate, and what you pay on your credit card.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

During a 2015 talk, Erikson called Katrina “far and away the most telling disaster of our national experience,” whose long-lasting consequences revealed all manner of societal afflictions: mismanagement of infrastructure, political corruption, inequality, racism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

The most telling of all the squad's superstitions is that of captain Zoe Aldcroft.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

Her heart of compressed ash, which had resisted the most telling blows of daily reality without strain, fell apart with the first waves of nostalgia.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez