unhelpful
Example Sentences
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While the news is unhelpful, it doesn’t push a turnaround of the Swiss drugmaker’s pharma research-and-development engine off track, the analysts say.
“You only have so many tries” suggests his attempts to help could backfire; that language is inflammatory and shaming at worst and unhelpful at best.
From MarketWatch
It was unhelpful to "put pressure on the government to fulfil things which are impossible to fulfil," he said.
From Barron's
He said the draft code of conduct that had been provided was "poor", "unhelpful" and "raised more questions than answers".
From BBC
“While core revenues came in ahead of expectations and volume trends were encouraging, the cost miss was unhelpful and the 2026 guidance is insufficient to lift estimates this morning,” they write.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
