unhelpful
pronunciation
How to pronounce unhelpful in British English:
UK [ʌnˈhelpfl]
How to pronounce unhelpful in American English:
US [ʌnˈhelpfl]
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- Adjective:
- providing no assistance
- showing no willingness to cooperate
Word Origin
- unhelpful (adj.)
- 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + helpful. Related: Unhelpfully; unhelpfulness.
Example
- 1. The criticism is both unfair and unhelpful .
- 2. The problem isn \' t that Wall Street broke the rules to their own benefit , it \' s that the rules themselves are unhelpful .
- 3. This seems like a pretty unhelpful division , as every employee in almost every organisation needs to be both .
- 4. First , central bank independence is an unhelpful superstition .
- 5. Recent reversals , if sustained , would be unhelpful .