Is it a good idea to add robots "noindex" meta tags to deep low content pages, e.g. product model data

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I'm considering adding robots "noindex, follow" tags to the very numerous product data pages that are linked from the product style pages in our online store.

For example, each product style has a page with full text content on the product:

http://www.shop.example/Product/Category/Style/SOME-STYLE-CODE

Then many data pages with technical data for each model code is linked from the product style page.

http://www.shop.example/Product/Category/Style/SOME-STYLE-CODE-1 http://www.shop.example/Product/Category/Style/SOME-STYLE-CODE-2 http://www.shop.example/Product/Category/Style/SOME-STYLE-CODE-3

It is these technical data pages that I intend to add the no index code to, as I imagine that this might stop these pages from cannibalizing keyword authority for more important content rich pages on the site.

Any advice appreciated.

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