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as in harmful
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as in impractical
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as in impolite
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Recent Examples of unhelpful
This kind of language is both largely unhelpful and wholly non-specific.
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Miriam Kirmayer, SELF, 23 June 2025
Hyperbole is unhelpful for teams attempting to navigate a major injury.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Barking at someone to snap out of it is unhelpful for more reasons than Giolitti-Wright can count.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 6 June 2025
Rather than operating off of a narrow (and often unhelpful) script, AI chatbots use natural language processing (NLP) to offer nuanced responses to complicated questions.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Miriam Kirmayer, SELF, 23 June 2025
Hyperbole is unhelpful for teams attempting to navigate a major injury.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Barking at someone to snap out of it is unhelpful for more reasons than Giolitti-Wright can count.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 6 June 2025
Rather than operating off of a narrow (and often unhelpful) script, AI chatbots use natural language processing (NLP) to offer nuanced responses to complicated questions.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhelpful
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That might help researchers discover which technology helps what kinds of people best and which makes no impact or is harmful to brain health.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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McNair said any delay in response from school officials and emergency responders are especially harmful.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Agent deployment is impractical, while VDI introduces performance penalties and complexity.—
Etay Maor,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Adelman, who will preside over her trial, suggested in the June 18 hearing that the current schedule was impractical.—
Daniel Bice,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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Writing the most unbridled, impolite, unreasonable, pathetic rant that gives voice to unseen, unheard parts of you opens a relief valve that transfers emotional pain onto the page.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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If either of these things had been true, your staying put would still not have been impolite.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2025
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These unpredictable, and often downright unfavorable, conditions are already impacting event attendance.—
Shawn Pierce,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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There are other allusions to unfavorable animal traits in humans.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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ByteDance failed to do so and on Jan. 18, TikTok became temporarily unusable in the U.S.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Those pens, known under the brand name EpiPen, can become unusable if subjected to heat like in a hot car in a Texas summer.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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In the days depicted in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, thoughtless incarceration of the mentally ill was too common.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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Even the most robust firewalls can be rendered ineffective with a single thoughtless click.—
Stu Sjouwerman,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Expose how these programs and their curriculum are damaging and not aligned with state workforce demands.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Despite the initial euphoria on European stock markets, strategists at UBS suggest the deal is likely to be damaging in the long run.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
28 July 2025
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Followers are useless, but engaged customers and a devoted tribe of community members are priceless.—
Solo Ceesay,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
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Fertilizing before heavy rain is useless at best and harmful at worst.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 July 2025
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“Unhelpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhelpful. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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