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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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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 numbers that were perhaps most telling though were on the Twickenham decibel meter, showing the love for a team that has not always felt it.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

But the most telling moves may have occurred in the bond market, which saw the most drastic slumps in 10-year and two-year Treasury yields in a year.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

But the Casey Means fact that most sticks in my mind—and I think the one most telling of where I fear she wants to shepherd Americans, health-wise—was on The Liz Moody Podcast in 2022.

From Slate • May 10, 2025

The most telling proof of that attitude was the saga of Vickie Gomez.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger